Hospital Medicine Journal Articles

• Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults What is the extent and financial consequences of potentially inappropriate prescribing of medications to older adults in the United States?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 27, 2021
• Point-of-Care US in Morbidity and Mortality Cases in EM In which morbidity and mortality cases will point-of-care ultrasound be most useful?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, January 26, 2021
• Multi-Organ Point-of-Care Ultrasound for COVID-19 What role does multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound have in the management of COVID-19 patients? A new expert consensus provides recommendations.
  Critical Care, January 26, 2021
• Discharged COVID-19 Patients Requiring Hospital Readmission According to this CDC report, among patients who survive COVID-19 hospitalization, 9 percent are readmitted within two months of discharge, highlighting the potential need for ongoing care.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 25, 2021
• The Sooner, the Better: Anti-inflammation in Acute MI Should we be using colchicine in the very early phase of ACS to reduce major coronary events? This commentary explores the benefits and possible caveats.
  European Heart Journal, January 25, 2021
• Declines in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission After Mitigation Measures The findings in this report confirm that state-mandated community mitigation efforts and routine public health interventions are effective in reducing new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 22, 2021
• Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Testing for COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal swab samples are commonly used for the diagnosis of COVID-19, but how accurate are they?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, January 14, 2021
• Family Presence in the NICU Family access to the NICU has been restricted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. How can clinicians keep these families involved in their babies' care?
  Pediatric Nursing, January 11, 2021
• Risk of Complications Associated With COVID-19 and Influenza This study found a five times higher risk for in-hospital death and increased risk for respiratory and other complications in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to those with influenza.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 08, 2021
• COVID-19: An Emerging Threat to Antibiotic Stewardship Many COVID-19 patients receive antibiotic treatment, which may not be effective in these patients. Is this potential overuse further contributing to antibiotic resistance?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, January 07, 2021
• Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 ARDS This study evaluated the ability of long sessions in the prone position to improve oxygenation in awake intensive ICU patients with moderate or severe ARDS due to COVID-19.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, January 05, 2021
• Headache as a Cardinal Symptom of Coronavirus Disease 2019 This study aimed to describe the characteristics of pain and associated symptoms in patients presenting to the ED with COVID-19-related headache, with and without a history of migraine.
  Headache, December 24, 2020
• Intubation, Aspiration, and Ventilator-Associated Conditions Could the environment in which a patient is intubated have an impact on the risk for aspiration and ventilator-associated conditions?
  American Journal of Critical Care, December 24, 2020
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare but severe complication of SARS-CoV-2 thought to be restricted to children and adolescents, have now been reported in adults.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 18, 2020
• Skin Failure Clinical Indicator Scale A newly developed scoring system may help recognize and differentiate skin failure from a pressure injury.
  Wounds, December 16, 2020
• CRP Concentration as a Risk Predictor of Mortality in ICU This study evaluated the prognostic role of inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein concentration, for the risk of mortality in the ICU.
  BMC Anesthesiology, December 15, 2020
• Sacubitril/Valsartan: Neprilysin Inhibition 5 Years Later In 2014, the PARADIGM-HF trial determined that sacubitril/valsartan improved outcomes compared to enalapril in patients with chronic HFrEF. What have we learned about neprilysin inhibition since?
  JACC: Heart Failure, December 04, 2020
• Characteristics of Health Care Personnel With COVID-19 This update describes demographic characteristics, underlying medical conditions, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions among over 100,000 health care workers with COVID-19.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, November 30, 2020
• Efficacy of Non-opioid Analgesics to Control Postop Pain This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of intravenous meloxicam, as well as other IV non-opioid analgesics, for moderate to severe acute postoperative pain.
  BMC Anesthesiology, November 24, 2020
• Corticosteroids and Respiratory Tract Infection Risk in COPD Might the use of inhaled corticosteroids increase the risk for developing upper respiratory tract infections among COPD patients?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, November 24, 2020