Hospital Medicine Perspective

• 'Leading the Charge' on Racism, Sexism, Activism in Medicine   Emergency medicine doctor and 'public health guru' Esther Choo on racism, sexism, inequity, and inclusion in medicine.
  Medscape, February 2019
• Treating Mental Health Emergencies in Children Calming patients and boosting staff preparedness pays off with reductions in medications, length of stay, and need for restraints.
  Medscape Psychiatry, February 2019
• Acute Migraine Therapy During Pregnancy: A Primer Dr Anna Pace discusses options for treating migraines in pregnancy.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, February 2019
• Crosslinking: Is Using an Epi-On Technique Effective? Dr Sumit (Sam) Garg on a new study that lends support to the much-debated procedure.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, February 2019
• Should We Forgive the Virginia Governor's Youthful Bad Acts?   Remember, everything you've done in the past is discoverable in the Internet age, Art Caplan warns.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2019
• The Other Nutrition Crisis By getting to the bottom of what is causing malnutrition in older adults, clinicians can help these patients live healthier, happier lives.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 2019
• Protective Masks Needed to Combat Endoscopy Contamination   Dr David Johnson on how a recent study of bacterial exposure during routine endoscopy is causing him to change his practice.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, February 2019
• Supplements and CVD: Why Negative Data Don't Dampen Sales Dietary supplements are a $133 billion industry globally, despite a lack of supportive data. Should healthcare providers do more to dissuade patients who persist in taking these pricey placebos?
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 2019
• 'Beer Before Wine, Mighty Fine'? Nope.   Someone finally debunked the old adage that many people have followed in efforts to avoid hangovers, reports Dr Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, February 2019
• The Loneliness of Being a Physician Despite seeing patients, families, and colleagues for hours daily, a physician's job can be lonely. One doctor talks about what's needed to overcome this.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2019
• Considering Food Desensitization? Read This First Although new therapies hold great promise, there may also be considerable risks.
  Medscape Allergy & Immunology, January 2019
• Late-Onset GBS: Are 10 Days of IV Antibiotics Needed? Even uncomplicated GBS infection in a young infant is a scary infection, a point emphasized by guidelines which call for a prolonged, 10-day course of IV antibiotics. But is that really necessary?
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 2019
• Generic DPP-4 Inhibitors Would Be a 'Shot in the Arm' Dr Akshay Jain discusses the potential implications of a generic DPP-4 inhibitor for the management of type 2 diabetes that may soon enter the US market.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, February 2019
• A Nonopioid Approach to Opioid Discontinuation   Facilitating opioid discontinuation: Dr Charles Argoff discusses Lucemyra, an FDA-approved, nonopioid treatment.
  Medscape Neurology, February 2019
• Ten Thoughts on the 2019 AF Treatment Guidelines John Mandrola, MD, agrees with a lot of the updates in the new atrial fibrillation guidelines but worries that color-coded tables of recommendations oversimplify the nuances of clinical decision making.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 2019
• How Physicians Took On a Hospital CEO--and Won A proposed plan to replace a patient's doctors with hospitalist-employed physicians led to a rebellion by Florida doctors and the resignation of a hospital CEO.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2019
• Tamsulosin for Postoperative Urinary Retention Can the BPH drug tamsulosin prevent postoperative urinary retention in male patients undergoing surgery?
  Medscape Pharmacists, January 2019
• Let's Face It--Some Patients Need to Be on Opioids   Selected patients with chronic non-cancer pain receive more benefit than harm on opioid therapy.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, February 2019
• Can a Rebreathing Device Treat Migraine With Aura?   Treating migraine with aura using a rebreathing device: Dr Alan Jacobs discusses results from a recent pilot study.
  Medscape Neurology, February 2019
• SGLT2 Inhibitors to Prevent HF: Time to Get More Proactive?   Drs Piña and Butler discuss the accumulating 'consistent' data regarding SGLT2 inhibitors for prevention of heart failure in patients with diabetes.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 2019