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Mr. M
Dr. Migliore I step off the subway, up the elevator, and up several flights of stairs. There’s a homeless man there who always uses the last stair of the lower staircase as a tray for his food. And by tray, I mean he sets his half-eaten rice burrito directly onto the step and picks around at it while I imagine the guacamole is mixing with Hep B and C. diff and MRSA. He looks up at me, I promise myself for the 100th time I’m going to start carrying cash or Kind bars or something; I give him my best sheepish face, and emerge at street level. I walk toward my hospital and pass a gentleman who sits on a ledge next to the ...
Source: The Hospitalist - December 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lisa Casinger Tags: Essay Source Type: research

Dartmouth ’s Supattapone Receives Prestigious Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
Surachai Supattapone, MD, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and cell biology and of medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The prestigious $4.9 million award will provide up to seven years of funding for his research on prions—infectious agents that cause fatal neurogenerative diseases.
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - August 3, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education News Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award Surachai Supattapone Source Type: news

Dabigatran and Warfarin are Both Used for Stroke-prevention in Patients with AF but their Side effects Differ
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dabigatran and warfarin offer similar stroke-prevention efficacy in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but their side effect profiles differ, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world clinical practice. “There could be many reasons for the differences in our findings, such as differences in the quality of evidence of... [Read More]
Source: The Hospitalist - February 19, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Will Boggs MD, Reuters Health Tags: Clinical Education Hospitalist Patient Care atrial fibrillation Dabigatran stroke warfarin Source Type: research

Stent-retriever Therapy Improves the Rate of Functional Independence for Acute Ischemic Patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stent-retriever therapy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke improves the rate of functional independence at 90 days, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stent retrievers are deployed in an occluded vessel, temporarily expanded into the body of a thrombus, and then retracted along with the thrombus. Dr. Mark... [Read More]
Source: The Hospitalist - February 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Will Boggs MD Tags: Clinical Education Hospitalist Innovation acute ischemic patients stroke treatment Source Type: research