Hospital Medicine

A study looking at four homicides and one attempted homicide highlights the importance of preventing drug diversion in the hospital setting.

For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy can reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events than other options.

The American College of Physicians provides three recommendations for the use of intensive insulin therapy to manage glycemic control in hospitalized patients.

Listen as Jerry Reeves, MD, discusses the complications that can arise in administering anesthesia to elderly patients.

New research indicates that older patients with late-stage advanced macular degeneration are at increased risk of bleeding stroke.

Developed by researchers, a tool has been created to assess acute pain in non-communicative patients.

Homeless people who do not get enough to eat use hospitals and emergency rooms at very high rates, according to a new study.

An online survey by Harris/BBC World News reveals a majority of Americans are in favor of the controversial choice.

A quality improvement intervention that included education and feedback improved the adoption of evidence-based care practices in ICUs at community hospitals.

Reviewed in 2009, and now revised and released.

UCSF cardiologist Gregory Marcus, MD, discusses, the causes, prevention, and management of atrial fibrillation.

Video explores current options for managing hypertension and atherosclerosis.

Educators say that physicians-in-training need more education on how to adapt their physical examination skills to the growing number of obese Americans.

Researchers have uncovered an antibiotic therapy that provides continuing relief for IBS for up to 10 weeks, according to a study in NEJM.

Dosing, the limitations of susceptibility testing, and use of alternate therapies are all discussed in the IDSA's guidelines for treating MRSA infections.

The American Heart Association recently revealed its annual list of the most important cardiovascular and stroke research findings from the past year.

The brain under general anesthesia isn't asleep but in a coma state.

A new study finds that only a small number of discharge summaries for patients headed to sub-acute care facilities include information on pending lab tests.

More than six percent of women who gave birth in 2008, a figure totalling 250,000, had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during pregnancy.

As more angiotensin receptor blockers come off patent, it will be interesting to see how manufacturers, payers, and physicians react.

Findings from a new study show that patients with moderate and severe kidney impairment need reduced doses of warfarin.

Surgeons who are married to physicians have more trouble balancing personal and professional life than those whose partner is not a physician, says a new study.

From radiation overdose to tubing misconnections, find out which technologies were deemed most dangerous for 2010, and what can be done to prevent incidents.

One of the true greats of the comedy, actor Leslie Nielsen, passed away yesterday of complications related to pneumonia.