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Advanced hospital medicine Fellowship program
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
The hospitalist field was founded on the premise that inpatient generalists could improve the care of hospitalized patients and systems of inpatient care. In the early years, the challenge was to determine whether the field was indispensable....
Diagnostic dilemma
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
1. 65-year-old male with history of CAD was referred by orthopedic surgeon for pre-operative risk stratification. 2. 57-year-old female is admitted for severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain. 3. 45 year old male with ...
ASH choosing wisely
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
The Choosing Wisely(R) campaign challenges medical societies to identify 5 tests, procedures, or treatments within each specialty's clinical domain that are offered to patients despite an absence of evidence demonstrating ...
ID corner
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
The NEJM is running a series of review articles on Critical Care Medicine.
Ask a pathologist
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
QUESTION: I took care of a patient with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), but the pathologist did not see schistocytes on the patient's peripheral blood smear. What is the role of peripheral smear in diagnosing DIC?
10 things to know about Influenza
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-01)
Influenza is an acute, contagious and usually self-limited febrile illness caused by infection of the respiratory tract with the influenza virus. The most common clinical manifestations are fever, malaise, and cough. The ...