Our last conference of 2016 held in Austin, Texas was a great way to end the year for Hospital Procedures Consultants, the feedback was positive from everyone! Our conference was held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Austin where we…
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At the moment it is legal to practice euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in the following countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia, and Canada. PAS only (excludes euthanasia), is allowed in Switzerland and the following five U.S. states: Oregon, Washington, Montana,…
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Las Vegas in the Summer Our second trip to Vegas this year was great. Our conference was held at Planet Hollywood Resort, July 23rd and 24th. The summertime crowds had the casino buzzing and Britney was playing in every elevator. It was electric!…
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Patients diagnosed with cirrhosis are regularly admitted and readmitted to the hospital. Statistics show that the 90-day readmission rate is approximately 50%. A recent study analyzed the rate of readmission at 30-days and 90-days and the relevant causes among patients…
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Abusive head trauma (AHT) is extremely difficult to diagnose due to its unreliability and insensitive physical examination findings. A clinical prediction rule to identify subtle AHT was validated through a prospective multicenter study. Included in this study were well-appearing, afebrile…
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Hospital Procedures Consultants went back to the Windy City. Chicago is a great place to host a conference as it offers a vast amount of things to see and do. For starters, Chicago is home to the second oldest baseball…
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Our new digs. Our first conference of 2016, January 30th and 31st in Las Vegas, Nevada. Though we had recently visited, a change in hotels provided an opportunity to work and play in different surroundings. Lucky for us, Planet Hollywood just happens to be headlining one of…
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Every four years the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) disseminates a new set of guidelines on the evaluation and management of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE). The ACCP just released its updated guidelines for the treatment of VTE and I…
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The ACP CPG on the evaluation of patients with a suspected acute PE has the following primary recommendations: Use a validated clinical prediction rule to estimate pretest probability in patients with a possible acute PE (options include the Wells criteria…
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regards serious preventable hospital-acquired conditions as “never events.” In this study, investigators used a nationwide U.S. hospital database to compare risks for 11 serious hospital-acquired conditions after weekend or weekday admissions. The…
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Hospitalists are in the ideal position to perform bedside procedures on their patients. They know every aspect about their patients and have had the opportunity to develop a good rapport and the trust of their patients. So, why are they…
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Traditional dogma teaches that it is crucial for trauma patients to reach the hospital and be treated within 1 hour of injury (the “golden hour”). Investigators reviewed data from a large trauma registry to determine outcomes for two cohorts of…
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The key points of dual antiplatelet therapy are that there is NO mortality benefit for DAPT vs ASA alone; there is a small but significant decrease in coronary stent thrombosis and major adverse cardiac events, but there is also an…
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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is one of the major complications of cirrhosis, and recent evidence suggests that hospitalized cirrhotic HE patients with acute decompensation and, especially, acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) have extremely poor outcomes. The current review article discusses the pathophysiology…
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Steroids beneficial in refractory septic shock Preface: This multi-center observational study of over 1,800 patients examined whether low-dose steroids (<80 mg prednisone equivalents) was superior to placebo for patients in septic shock. There results showed that there was a slight…
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