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The latest on stress ulcer prophylaxis
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 17, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care gastroenterology hospital medicine Source Type: blogs

Federal Judge Dismisses ABIM Copyright Infringement Suit
Yesterday, US District Judge Katherine Hayden dismissed the instant copyright infringement action filed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) against defendent Jaime Salas Rushford MD because the action was time-barred by its three-year statute of limitations. Background The ruling stems from a December 2009 complaint filed by the ABIM against Rajender K. Arora who conducted a live (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - March 16, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Being on a statin was associated with a higher likelihood of survival following in hospital cardiac arrest
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 16, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular critical care hospital medicine pharmacology Source Type: blogs

A modification of the Smith STEMI formula improved accuracy
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 15, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Sleep duration and cardiometabolic health
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 14, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Distribution of etiologies of SIADH in hospitalized patients
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 13, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology nephrology Source Type: blogs

Short episodes of a fib and a tach: are they clinically significant?
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 12, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Treatment of severely elevated BP without target organ damage
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 11, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Rethinking the sepsis definition: should we go back to SIRS?
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 10, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care hospital medicine infectious disease Source Type: blogs

Adherence to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign bundles and outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 9, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care Source Type: blogs

Should we screen first degree relatives of victims of unexplained cardiac arrest?
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 8, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular critical care Source Type: blogs

Indications for hemodialysis in salicylate poisoning
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 7, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care toxicology Source Type: blogs

Choice of resuscitation fluid
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 6, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care gastroenterology nephrology Source Type: blogs

P wave duration and a fib risk: not too short, not too long
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 5, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

MOCA-Peds and Its Conflicts of Interest
The pediatric Maintenance of Certification (MOC) propaganda machine rolls on - this week in the JAMA Pediatrics. Lewis R. First, MD, MS, David A Gremse, MD, and Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD join forces to publish their opinion piece entitled "Maintenance of Certification - A Prescription for Improved Child Health" in JAMA Pediatrics on 27 Feb 2017. The only conflicts of interests they disclose (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - March 4, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs