Hospital Medicine Perspective

• 5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis Acute flaccid myelitis continues to be confusing and frightening. What is the current state of knowledge about this rare but increasing childhood illness?
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 2019
• Docs and Online Dating: Is 'MD' the Ticket to Love? Online dating offers a variety of ways to connect with a potential mate, but physicians have discovered that there are both pros and cons of finding romance on the Internet.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2019
• Why This Cardiologist Trained in Critical Care Medicine   Michelle O'Donoghue and Erin Bohula discuss issues in critical care cardiology, such as challenges for trainees and the need for more research to strengthen the lacking evidence base.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 2019
• Unexpected Cause of Myopathy in Sjogren's: Crack the Case Dr Paget reminds us to keep non-autoimmune-related causes of muscle enzyme level elevation in mind when diagnosing a patient.
  Medscape Rheumatology, October 2019
• Not so Fast: How to Avoid Bias Toward Stents in Managing SIHD Channeling Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' Dr Jaya Mallidi warns that inherent biases and system 1 thinking, may exaggerate the benefit of stents in SIHD and corrupt shared decision-making.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 2019
• If Your Patients Reject the Flu Shot: How to Urge Them On   Dr Art Caplan addresses common arguments against the flu shot and highlights the importance of annual vaccination.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2019
• Key Takeaways Comparing Lipid Guidelines Across the Pond: The Hot Off the Press 2019 ESC vs. 2018 ACC/AHA Guidelines Published nine months after the 2018 ACC/AHA Guideline, the 2019 ESC and the ACC/AHA Guideline both seek to maximize the use of statin therapy and match intensity of treatment to risk level.
  ACC.org, October 2019
• 'None of Them Survived': Diabetes in the Time of Humanitarian Crises   'Low- and middle-income countries are predominantly and disproportionately affected by humanitarian crises…and these people have diabetes,' says Dr Sylvia Kehlenbrink.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 2019
• ECG Challenge: An Unexpectedly Rapid Heart Rate in the ED A 56-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a fracture from a bicycling accident, but what's causing her rapid heart rate?
  Medscape Cardiology, October 2019
• The Lowdown on Lipoprotein(a)   Drs Tom Allison and Stephen Kopecky discuss current understanding of this unique subclass of lipoprotein and how to address elevated levels.
  Mayo Clinic, October 2019
• MD Says: How Doctors Can Stop Burnout and Moral Injury   Wendy Dean, MD, discusses moral injury vs burnout, and the reality of whether physicians can address and bring change to this crisis.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2019
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Let the Women Decide   Dr Andrew Kaunitz recommends keeping our eyes on the 'big picture' in decisions about the use of menopausal hormone therapy.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, October 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Synthetic Blood, Superbug Machine, Breastfeeding Allergies Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, October 2019
• A Dangerous 'Diagnosis': New Netflix Series May Do Harm Although the intention of the new Netflix series 'Diagnosis' is a noble one, changes should be made to avoid the show contributing to declining confidence in the diagnostic skills of doctors.
  Medscape Med Students, October 2019
• It's Time for Physicians to Organize -- For Our Patients' Sake   In this 'Medicine and the Machine' podcast, Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese talk about the impact that physicians could have on the practice of medicine if they organized their million members.
  Medscape, October 2019
• Rethinking Anticoagulants, Antiplatelets in Polypectomy   Dr David Johnson on emerging data that support continuing anticoagulants, and even antiplatelets, in this procedure.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 2019
• Does Vitamin C in Sepsis Live Up to the Hype?   An observational study of the effect of vitamin C on sepsis has been called 'too good to be true.' Now we have results from a randomized controlled trial. Does it live up to the hype?
  Medscape, October 2019
• 'Fat Shaming Is Just Bullying' Healthcare workers have been shaming people for their weight for decades, says Dr Arghavan Salles, and it needs to stop.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2019
• Cannabis in Diabetes? Patients Don't Wait for Medical Advice Cannabis use is rising, and science has yet to catch up. Some evidence does exist, however, to support the idea that cannabis can help with underlying disease in diabetes, especially in type 2.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2019
• Free Yourself From Study Fragility and P Values   The problem isn't that medical studies are fragile, says Perry Wilson. P values must be interpreted in the context of the underlying hypothesis of the study.
  Medscape, September 2019