An uncommon etiology of small bowel obstruction: gallstone ileus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sepsis, the most expensive cause of hospitalization in the United States, is associated with high morbidity and mortality. However, healthcare utilization patterns following sepsis are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE:To identify patient-level factors that contribute to postsepsis mortality and healthcare utili...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Liu V,Lei X,Prescott HC,Kipnis P,Iwashyna TJ,Escobar GJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in childhood. Few studies have addressed the association of antimicrobial treatment and outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether macrolide therapy is associated with improved outcomes among children hospitalized with M. pneumoniae pneum...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Shah SS,Test M,Sheffler-Collins S,Weiss AK,Hall M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered care has been identified as 1 of the 6 aims for the 21st century healthcare system. The notepad is a simple tool for reminders and personal interactions. We introduced Dear Doctor (DD) notes, a bedside notepad designed to prompt patient questions and improve patient satisfaction. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Farberg AS,Lin AM,Kuhn L,Flanders SA,Kim CS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS: INTERVENTION: MEASUREMENTS: CONCLUSIONS: ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Nawas MT,Walker EJ,Richie MB,White AA,Hsu G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolic events (VTE) are a significant cause of mortality in hospitalized medical and surgical patients. Despite recommendations and guidelines, current evidence demonstrates that VTE prophylaxis remains underutilized in at-risk patients. The process of providing VTE prophylaxis begins with ass...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Beck MJ,Haidet P,Todoric K,Lehman E,Sciamanna C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the state of research in academic hospital medicine (HM) despite the substantial growth of this specialty. METHODS:We used the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) membership database to identify research programs and their leadership. In addition, the members of the SHM Research Committ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chopra V,Burden M,Jones CD,Mueller S,Gupta V,Ahuja N,Sigmund A,Eid SM,Society of Hospital Medicine Research Committee.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined alternative structures for inpatient clerkships. OBJECTIVE:Compare 2 inpatient clerkship structures using multiple outcome variables. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Tertiary-care, freestanding children's hospital. SUBJECTS:All medical students enrolled ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Antommaria AH,Firth SD,Maloney CG

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Pham, a practicing general internist and health policy researcher, recalls her experience, as a granddaughter, of how patients, families, and physicians are often complicit in foiling the good coordination of care. ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Pham HH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asymptomatic blood pressure elevation is common in the inpatient setting. National guidelines recommend treating with oral agents to slowly decrease blood pressure; however, many clinicians use intravenous antihypertensive medications, which can lead to unpredictable changes in blood pressure. OBJECTIVE:To ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Pasik SD,Chiu S,Yang J,Sinfield C,Zubizarreta N,Ramkeesoon R,Cho HJ,Krouss M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum folate levels are commonly ordered for multiple indications in the inpatient and emergency department settings. Since mandatory folic acid fortification in 1998, there has been a decreasing prevalence of folate deficiency in the United States. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine the indications, ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Theisen-Toupal J,Horowitz GL,Breu AC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Medicare population, measures of relative severity of illness (SOI) for hospitalized patents have been used in prospective payment models. Similar measures for pediatric populations have not been fully developed. OBJECTIVE:To develop hospitalization resource intensity scores for kids (H-RISK) using p...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Richardson T,Rodean J,Harris M,Berry J,Gay JC,Hall M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who deteriorate outside the intensive care unit (ICU) are known to have elevated mortality and morbidity. Rapid response teams (RRTs) were developed to address such deterioration. It has not been possible to establish that RRTs employing manual detection methods have definitively improved hospital outcomes. B...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Escobar GJ,Dellinger RP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease relies on medication therapy; thus, minimizing nonadherence is a focus for improving patient outcomes. Receipt of discharge medication counseling has been associated with improved drug knowledge and adherence. We evaluated the prevalence and predictors of postd...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Wooldridge K,Schnipper JL,Goggins K,Dittus RS,Kripalani S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) has now been linked to gadolinium-based contrast (GBC) exposure in those with compromised kidney function, particularly those with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). When ESRD is present, symptoms can be quite devastating for the patient including severe pain and immobility and even de...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Fine DM,Perazella MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attending rounds at academic medical centers are often disconnected from patients and team members who are not physicians. Regionalization of care teams may facilitate bedside rounding and more frequent interactions among doctors, nurses, and patients. OBJECTIVE:We used time-motion analysis to investigate h...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Huang KT,Minahan J,Brita-Rossi P,Aylward P,Katz JT,Roy C,Schnipper JL,Boxer R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Guidelines recommend pharmacologic prophylaxis for hospitalized medical patients at increased risk of thromboembolism. Despite recommendations, multiple studies demonstrate underutilization. Factors contributing to underutilization include uncertainty that prophylaxis reduces clinically relevant events, as w...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Bump GM,Dandu M,Kaufman SR,Shojania KG,Flanders SA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing use of testing among hospitalized patients has resulted in an increase in radiologic incidental findings (IFs), which challenge the provision of high-value care in the hospital setting. OBJECTIVE:To understand impact of radiologic incidental findings on resource utilization in patients hospitaliz...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Gundareddy VP,Maruthur NM,Chibungu A,Bollampally P,Landis R,Eid SM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gender earnings disparities among physicians exist even after considering differences in specialty, part-time status, and practice type. Little is known about the role of job satisfaction priorities on earnings differences. OBJECTIVE:To examine gender differences in work characteristics and job satisfaction...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Weaver AC,Wetterneck TB,Whelan CT,Hinami K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of health literacy with the number and type of transitional care needs (TCN) among patients being discharged to home. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS:A cross-sectional analysis of patients admitted to an academic medical center. MEASUREMENTS:Nurses administered the Brief Health Lite...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Boyle J,Speroff T,Worley K,Cao A,Goggins K,Dittus RS,Kripalani S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore why it is permissible for surgeons to "unilaterally withhold" surgery, whereas it is not commonplace (in the United States) to unilaterally withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for clinical situations with similar degrees of uncertainty and prognosis. DATA SOURCES:The medical literature wa...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Manthous CA,Ivy M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care coordination is critical in settings characterized by high levels of uncertainty, time constraints, and interdependent work processes. The effects of provider characteristics on coordination in comanaged teams has never been examined. OBJECTIVE:To characterize individual providers based on their contri...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Hinami K,Whelan CT,Konetzka RT,Edelson DP,Casalino LP,Meltzer DO

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Previous local quality improvement focused on discharging patients with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) "in-hand" decreased healthcare reutilization after hospitalization for an asthma exacerbation. However, as a result of these new processes, some patients admitted for an asthma exacerbation rec...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Hoefgen ER,Jones Y,Courter J,Hare A,Garcia JAT,Simmons J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a valid instrument to assess morale and explore the relationship between morale and intent to leave employment due to unhappiness. PATIENTS AND METHODS:An expert panel identified 46 drivers of hospitalist morale. In May 2009, responders of our single-site pilot survey rated each driver in terms of...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chandra S,Wright SM,Ghazarian S,Kargul GM,Howell EE

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hip fractures typically occur in frail elderly patients. Preoperative specialty consults, in addition to hospitalist comanagement, are often requested for preoperative risk assessment. OBJECTIVE:Determine if preoperative specialty consults meaningfully influence management and outcomes in hip fracture patie...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Bellas N,Stohler S,Staff I,Majk K,Lewis C,Davis S,Kumar M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routinely offering HIV testing to inpatients at hospitals with an HIV seroprevalence rate of greater than 1% or an AIDS diagnosis rate of greater than 1.0 per 1000 discharges. This recommendation has not been widely adopted, perhaps because of one of ...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Greenwald JL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Pediatric patients hospitalized with bacterial infections often receive intravenous (IV) antibiotics. Early transition to enteral antibiotics can reduce hospital duration, cost, and complications. We aimed to identify opportunities to transition from IV to enteral antibiotics, describe variation of...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Cotter JM,Hall M,Girdwood ST,Stephens JR,Markham JL,Gay JC,Shah SS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than half of the hospitalized older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have more than 3 geriatric syndromes. Pharmacotherapy may be contributing to geriatric syndromes in this population. OBJECTIVES:Develop a list of medications associated with geriatric syndromes and describe their...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Saraf AA,Petersen AW,Simmons SF,Schnelle JF,Bell SP,Kripalani S,Myers AP,Mixon AS,Long EA,Jacobsen JM,Vasilevskis EE

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approaches of trainees to diagnosis in teaching hospitals are poorly understood. Identifying cognitive and system-based barriers and facilitators to diagnosis may improve diagnosis in these settings. METHODS:We conducted a focused ethnography of trainees at 2 academic medical centers to understand the barri...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Chopra V,Harrod M,Winter S,Forman J,Quinn M,Krein S,Fowler KE,Singh H,Saint S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many children's hospitals are actively working to reduce readmissions to improve care and avoid financial penalties. We sought to determine if pediatric readmission rates have changed over time. We used data from 66 hospitals in the Inpatient Essentials Database including index hospitalizations from January, 2010 thro...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Auger KA,Harris JM,Gay JC,Teufel R,McClead RE,Neuman MI,Agrawal R,Simon HK,Peltz A,Tejedor-Sojo J,Morse RB,Del Beccaro MA,Fieldston E,Shah SS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obese patients are thought to be at higher risk of postoperative medical complications. We determined whether body mass index (BMI) is associated with postoperative in-hospital noncardiac complications following urgent hip fracture repair. METHODS:We conducted a population-based study of Olmsted County, Min...

journal_title：Journal of hospital medicine

authors： Batsis JA,Huddleston JM,Melton LJ 3rd,Huddleston PM,Larson DR,Gullerud RE,McMahon MM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00