Hospital Medicine Journal Articles

• Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Lumbar Scoliosis A new analysis compares the cost-effectiveness of surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis. How do they measure up?
  Spine, December 12, 2019
• A 50-Year Review of Clean Intermittent Catheterization Learn more about the history of clean intermittent catheterization and find out how this technique helped usher in a new era in the management of bladder-emptying dysfunctions.
  Urologic Nursing, December 12, 2019
• Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of rhPTH in Hypoparathyroidism What do we currently know about the long-term safety and efficacy of recombinant human parathyroid hormone treatment in patients with hypoparathyroidism?
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, December 12, 2019
• Effluent Diversion of Enteroatmospheric Fistulas In this article, the authors describe a novel technique for effluent control in patients with enteroatmospheric fistulas.
  Wounds, December 11, 2019
• MRI Responses to Therapy and Radiographic Progression in RA Early changes in MRI after treatment initiation may be predictive of later radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, December 11, 2019
• Risk of Delayed Antibiotic Treatment or ICU Admission Learn about the biomarkers and clinical score values that may predict which patients with suspected infection are most at risk for delayed treatment or ICU admission.
  Critical Care, December 11, 2019
• New Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccine in Older Adults Review recent changes in ACIP's recommendations for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in older adults.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 11, 2019
• Romiplostim for Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia Does the thrombopoietin receptor agonist romiplostim expedite correction of thrombocytopenia caused by chemotherapy?
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, December 11, 2019
• Statin Use for Secondary Prevention of CVD Remains Suboptimal Have rates of statin use for secondary prevention improved over the last decade? Do disparities still exist by gender or racial/ethnic groups?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, December 10, 2019
• Early Onset of Efficacy With Fremanezumab for Chronic Migraine This study confirmed consistent early onset of efficacy for fremanezumab in chronic migraine prevention, providing potential to improve patient compliance and clinical outcomes.
  Headache, December 10, 2019
• Benefits From a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program This study evaluated the clinical benefits of a health system-based comprehensive dementia care program aimed at both patients and caregivers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 10, 2019
• Seated Saline Infusion Test for Predicting PA Subtypes Is the seated saline infusion test an accurate means of determining primary aldosteronism subtypes? How does it compare with other tests?
  Clinical Endocrinology, December 10, 2019
• Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria Learn the indications for and proper administration of tafenoquine, a newly approved option for malaria chemoprophylaxis and antirelapse therapy.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 09, 2019
• Use of HCV-infected Organs in Solid Organ Transplantation In this new era of successful DAA therapy, should uninfected patients be offered HCV-infected organs for transplantation? This review explores the ethical and practical considerations.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, December 05, 2019
• Atypical Tibial Fracture Unmasking Hypophosphatasia A woman who presented with an atypical proximal tibial stress fracture was consequently diagnosed with hypophosphatasia. Did bisphosphonate use play a role in this case?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, December 05, 2019
• Tranexamic Acid for Acute Hemorrhage: Enough Evidence? A newly published critical reappraisal of tranexamic acid reaffirms the prophylactic and therapeutic benefits of TXA administration as part of a multimodal management strategy for acute hemorrhage.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 05, 2019
• Antibiotic Stewardship for Severe Infections in the ICU What are the best ways to manage ICU patients with severe infections while also considering antibiotic stewardship?
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, December 04, 2019
• Endoscopic Techniques for Dysplasia Surveillance in IBD Which endoscopic procedure best identifies neoplasia in patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, December 04, 2019
• Targeting the Complement System in Bacterial Meningitis This comprehensive update evaluates the role of the complement system in upregulating and maintaining the inflammatory response in bacterial meningitis.
  Brain, December 04, 2019
• Outcomes of Early Imaging for Low Back Pain in Older Adults Should physicians order imaging for new-onset low back pain in adults over 50? This study assessed the downstream implications of early imaging in this population.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, December 03, 2019