Hospital Medicine Journal Articles

• Inadequate Oxygen and Adverse Events in Children With Sepsis Children with sepsis who receive inadequate oxygen delivery may experience higher rates of adverse events and poorer outcomes.
  American Journal of Critical Care, October 05, 2022
• Early Physiologic Effects of Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS This paper aims to elucidate the mechanisms underlying oxygenation improvement after prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  Anesthesiology, October 04, 2022
• The 2 Faces of Takotsubo Syndrome: Similarities and Differences Recently it has been postulated that takotsubo syndrome can be triggered by positive emotional events as well as negative ones. Does "Happy Heart" TTS differ clinically from "Broken Heart" TTS?
  JACC: Heart Failure, October 03, 2022
• Severe Outcomes Among Immunocompromised Adults With COVID-19 This study found that immunocompromised patients accounted for over 12% of all adult COVID-19 hospitalizations and had increased odds of ICU admission and death, irrespective of vaccination status.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 28, 2022
• Starting Empagliflozin During Acute HF Hospitalization Improvement of symptoms and quality of life seen in acute heart failure patients who start empagliflozin during hospitalization.
  ACC.org, September 28, 2022
• Hospitalization and ED Visits for COVID-19 After Paxlovid How often have paxlovid-treated COVID-19 patients presented to the hospital or ED for symptom recurrence?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 14, 2022
• A New Way of Thinking About Pains In this commentary, the author proposes abandoning the traditional temporal construct of acute pain vs. chronic pain in favor of a more patient-centric approach.
  Pain, September 13, 2022
• Physician Burnout Between 2013 and 2020 in a Health System This study of physicians in a large integrated health system revealed that burnout increased substantially between 2013 and 2020, especially among non-White and female physicians.
  Southern Medical Journal, August 19, 2022
• Microdose Cannabinoid Extract Ameliorates Alzheimer's Symptoms Might cannabinoid microdosing be effective in improving memory and brain functions in mild Alzheimer disease, as this case suggests?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 19, 2022
• Outcomes of Patients Admitted to the ICU for Acute Stroke This study describes the clinical features, management, and outcomes of patients admitted to the ICU for acute stroke. What factors may predict neurological outcome 6 months after ICU admission?
  BMC Anesthesiology, August 18, 2022
• Key Characteristics Impacting Survival of COVID-19 ECMO Certain factors may be associated with a greater likelihood of ICU survival among COVID-19 patients who received ECMO support. Find out what they are.
  Critical Care, August 12, 2022
• Ketorolac and Metoclopramide for Migraine in the ED Is this combination therapy an effective strategy for the acute treatment of pediatric migraine in the ED?
  Headache, August 08, 2022
• Switching From I.V. to Subcutaneous Vedolizumab in IBD Can IBD patients on maintenance I.V. vedolizumab therapy be switched to subcutaneous treatment without impact on efficacy, safety, or tolerability?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, August 03, 2022
• Seizure- or Epilepsy-Related ED Visits Before, During COVID-19 During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, seizure-related visits to the ED dropped significantly. What factors might be associated with ED avoidance among persons with epilepsy or seizure?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 31, 2022
• Psychiatric Reaction of a COVID-19 ICU Survivor This paper describes a complex case of acute COVID-19 in the intensive care unit associated with delirium and psychiatric issues, leading to incipient post-traumatic stress disorder.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 29, 2022
• Correcting Drug-Induced Coagulopathy in Bleeding Emergencies This review highlights the challenges of drug-induced coagulopathy as a result of DOACs and antiplatelet therapies. What are the most effective ways to achieve hemostasis in these patients?
  Laboratory Medicine, July 26, 2022
• Early Intubation and Decreased Mortality in COVID-19 A new study assesses the potential beneficial effects of earlier intubation on in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19.
  Critical Care, July 15, 2022
• Features for Early Prediction of COVID-19 Deterioration A newly developed deterioration risk model could help identify which COVID-19 patients might progress to more severe disease.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 15, 2022
• Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain Is antipsychotic-induced weight gain dose dependent? This study investigated the relationship between weight gain and doses of 17 antipsychotic drugs.
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, July 14, 2022
• Rural-Urban Differences in Maternal Mortality Trends in the U.S. This study examines rural-urban differences in maternal mortality trends in the US, taking into account how adoption of pregnancy status checkboxes on death certificates have impacted these trends.
  American Journal of Epidemiology, July 14, 2022