Hospital Medicine News

• 5 More Women Allege Sexual Harassment at LSU Med School A lawyer for women alleging misconduct among leaders at the medical school described their stories as 'the tip of the iceberg.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Survey Offers Snapshot of Nationwide COVID-19 Discharge Practices More than one-quarter of sites gave little or no guidance for clinical discharge criteria, while 14% gave very specific detailed algorithms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Torsemide Over Furosemide as First-Line Loop Diuretic for HF 'One thing we do for no reason is use furosemide rather than torsemide as loop diuretic for patients with heart failure,' said an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Strategies to Turn the Tide on Racial and Gender Inequity Dr Jorge Ganem believes we should approach gender inequities and racial disparities through a quality and patient safety lens.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Hospitalist Leader on Post-COVID Approach to Career Advancement Vineet Arora, MD, highlights the importance of trust, staying the course on projects, and the need for systemic change.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• COVID Testing a Windfall for Hospitals, Labs, and Others As the pandemic enters its second year, no procedure has been more frequent than tests for the virus causing it. And it's serving as a financial bonanza for some.
  Kaiser Health News, May 07, 2021
• Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies 'I'm very happy,' the woman's husband, Adjudant Kader Arby, told the BBC. 'My wife and the babies are doing well.'
  WebMD Health News, May 07, 2021
• COVID-Related Mental Illness Rises, Capacity to Treat Falls During the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage of Americans reporting symptoms of mental illness has significantly increased, and the capacity to treat these disorders has decreased, a new report shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Ventilated COVID Patient Gets Ivermectin After Court Order The daughter of a 68-year-old woman, who has been in an Illinois ICU for a month, sued to get the controversial drug the FDA has warned against administered to her mom. A judge granted the family's wish.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Pediatric Topics Cross Continuum of COVID-19 Risk stratification remains key in clinical decision-making.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Improving Health Disparities by Acknowledging Structural Racism 'We have to get uncomfortable enough to advocate with urgency,' says Dr Kimberly D. Manning, professor of medicine and associate vice chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Emory University.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Military Leader Shows Hospitalists a Way Out of Pandemic 'Combat' Hospitalists treating patients during the pandemic must take stock of the physical and mental toll on their own health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• APA 2021 Novel Drug Offers Rapid Relief From Agitation in Serious Mental Illness An investigational, orally dissolving film formulation of dexmedetomidine may offer rapid relief of acute agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, phase 3 data indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Nutritional Support May Be Lifesaving in Heart Failure Patients with high-risk chronic heart failure given individualized nutritional support in the hospital had lower mortality 30 and 180 days following discharge, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• 'Malicious Peer Review' Destroyed Doc's Career, He Says A longtime cardiothoracic surgeon is suing a Texas hospital after he says a sham peer review forced him out of practice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• In-Hospital Glucose Management Program Gives Dramatic Savings Standardized hospital-wide programs initiated at a small community hospital reduced hypoglycemia rates and cut insulin pen wastage, resulting in dramatic savings.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Ohio Surgeon Who Wrote His Own Colorful Obituary Dead at 48 Thomas Flanigan, an Army veteran and married father of three, called himself the "Ginger God of Surgery and Shenanigans." Colleagues share fond memories.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Restrict J&J COVID Vaccine in Women Under 50? A new report from the CDC outlines 12 cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, 3 fatal, among those receiving the J&J vaccine. An editorial calls for its use to be limited to women over age 50.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2021
• Covid 'Doesn't Discriminate by Age': Cases Rising in Young Adults With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who remain unvaccinated.
  Kaiser Health News, May 04, 2021
• More Evidence Burnout Ups Risk for Errors: Critical Care Nurses Culture shift needed to prioritize physical and mental health of nursing clinicians.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2021