Hospital Medicine

New research finds patients face a higher risk of pneumonia if they are taking opioids. The danger is even more pronounced for patients living with HIV.

Antiepileptic drug levels that remain subtherapeutic—despite the correct dose and proper adherence—can improve with adjustment for pharmacokinetics.

A step-by-step look into how Arctic Surgery Group treats postoperative patients.

How an Alaska-based surgical group responded to the opioid epidemic with a multi-step strategy of pain management care.

Over the past 5 years, the US healthcare system has gradually become a victim of its own success.

This past year came with a multitude of new FDA approvals for antiretroviral therapies as well as research highlighting HIV and various comorbidities.

For patients with chronic liver disease, opioid prescriptions are common, and high-risk prescriptions are associated with hepatic decompensation, especially ascites.

What if insights from population data were able to help doctors predict a potential diagnosis months or even years earlier and be used to monitor these patients after a diagnosis is made?

The guidance touches on hand hygiene, airway management, environmental disinfection, and IV drug injection recommendations.

The study found that some C difficile spores can survive the commercial laundry process and may contribute to C difficile outbreaks.

ALD-related hospitalizations grew from 2008 to 2014, especially among women, Asians, Hispanics, and people 50 to 69 years of age.

Investigators examined the latest clinical guideline updates for C difficile testing.

If CVS and Aetna are truly charting the future of healthcare in this country, then it’s long past-time that their actions align to their rhetoric.

Can we learn from the last flu season and prepare for the coming peak influenza activity of the current season?

Healthcare provider employment opportunies have risen 7.1%—an increase from 2017's reported rate of 5%. Where are the jobs in most demand?

The pressure for pharma to exist in a permanent state of innovation gets us better therapeutics, but it’s driving up costs unsustainably.

In this retrospective study, 18.5% of children became drug-free while on the ketogenic diet.

Investigators test methods of incorporating smaller, localized datasets to improve influenza outbreak forecasts and increase community preparedness.