Hospital Medicine Journal Articles

• Use of NPWT With Instillation for Complex Wounds In this article, the authors describe their experience using negative pressure wound therapy with instillation in two critically ill patients requiring management of complex wounds.
  Wounds, February 2019
• A Nail in the Coffin for IABP in AMI With Cardiogenic Shock A 6-year follow-up of the IABP-SHOCK II study confirms lack of benefit on mortality associated with IABP placement in the setting of MI-associated cardiogenic shock.
  Circulation, February 2019
• The Case for Cautious Consumption: NSAIDs in CKD This review explores the benefits and risks associated with the usage of NSAIDs in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, February 2019
• Infectious Complications in Liver Failure Patients What are the most commonly reported infectious complications among patients with liver failure, and what are the risk factors for these infections?
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, February 2019
• HIV Partner Service Delivery Among US Blacks Are African American sexual or needle-sharing partners of HIV-infected persons receiving adequate testing for HIV infection and linkage to care in the US?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, February 2019
• Features of He Shou Wu-induced Liver Injury He Shou Wu, a Chinese herb used since ancient times as an anti-aging remedy and all-around health tonic, can result in severe, sometimes fatal liver injury.
  Liver International, February 2019
• Decreasing Urologic Complications Related to Uncontrolled DM Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus can contribute to urologic problems. Could the use of continuous glucose monitoring systems help reduce the incidence of these complications?
  Urologic Nursing, February 2019
• Opioid Oversupply After Joint and Spine Surgery How prevalent are unused opioids after joint and spine surgery--and where do these unused medications end up?
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, February 2019
• Race/Ethnicity and Health-Related Technology Use How does the use of technology for managing health differ across racially and ethnically diverse older adults?
  The Gerontologist, February 2019
• Social Representations of Chronic Pain in Media and Film Does the medium shape the message? This study explored how chronic pain has been represented in several distinct social sources: newspaper articles, memes, video blogs, and film.
  Pain, February 2019
• Optimizing HIV Prevention and Care for Transgender Adults What strategies may help improve transgender-specific HIV prevention, treatment, and management?
  AIDS, February 2019
• Comorbid Immune-Mediated Diseases in IBD How prevalent are coexisting immune-mediated diseases in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, and how might they impact prognosis?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, February 2019
• Doctor-Patient Relationships and Depression Treatment in Men How does the quality of the doctor-patient relationship influence men's willingness to consider treatment for depression?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, February 2019
• Anesthetic Choice During Spinal Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Do levobupivacaine and bupivacaine differ in their impact on cerebral O2 saturation during spinal anesthesia? How might that impact cognitive status and neurological complications in the elderly?
  BMC Anesthesiology, February 2019
• Has the Time Finally Come to Measure hsCRP Universally? Routine measurement of high sensitivity C-reactive protein as a measure of cardiovascular inflammation has yet to gain traction. Why do clinicians remain reluctant?
  European Heart Journal, February 2019
• Lung US for Diagnosing Pneumonia in Kids With Bronchiolitis Lung ultrasound may be a safer and more cost-effective alternative to chest x-ray for detecting pneumonia in children with bronchiolitis.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, February 2019
• Effects of Vadadustat on Hemoglobin in Hemodialysis Patients Vadadustat is a potential new treatment for anemia in chronic kidney disease -- but what do we know about its impacts in patients receiving hemodialysis?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 2019
• Gout and Cardiovascular Disease: Crystallized Confusion What is the biological relationship between gout and cardiovascular disease?
  Current Opinion in Rheumatology, February 2019
• Amisulpride for Rescue Treatment of Postop Nausea or Vomiting Is intravenous amisulpride, a dopamine antagonist, effective for relieving postoperative nausea or vomiting when antiemetics have failed?
  Anesthesiology, February 2019
• Neuropalliative Care: A Practical Guide for the Neurologist Which patients with neurological disease may benefit from palliative care? This paper examines the unique palliative care needs of these patients and the skills essential to palliative care delivery.
  Seminars in Neurology, February 2019