Hospital Medicine

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Questions discussed in this category

When do you consider using aspirin 81 mg PO BID for VTE prophylaxis over other agents in patients with a fracture, considering recent trial data?

O'Toole et al., PMID 36652352

1 Answer available

Under what circumstances do you recommend POCUS guidance for lumbar puncture?

1 Answer available

How do you use cardiac POCUS to potentially defer formal echocardiogram in patients presenting with an acute pulmonary embolism?

1 Answer available

How do you recommend counseling patients on the prognosis of advanced cancer as a generalist who is not highly specialized in cancer literature or cancer-directed therapies?

1 Answer available

How do you decide whether to use lung POCUS versus CT as the next step when a chest X-ray is equivocal for pneumonia?

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What is your approach to secondary prophylaxis for C difficile infection during concomitant antibiotic use in a patient with a history of C difficile infection?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to duration of fidaxomicin in a patient receiving treatment for first C difficile infection while also receiving concurrent antibiotics for an infection?

Do you extend the course of fidaxomicin past initial 10 days to at least 3-7 days after completion of antibiotics?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Microbes and infection, 2024 May 06

Secondary prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection for patients on non-C. difficile antibiotics: a retrospective cohort study.

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Jan 19

Aspirin or Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis after a Fracture.

JAMA, 2022 Aug 23

Effect of Aspirin vs Enoxaparin on Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: The CRISTAL Randomized Trial.

Critical care medicine, 2017-12

Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Performed by Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians for Right Ventricle Assessment in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

Journal of palliative medicine, 2012-02

Systematic review of cancer presentations with a median survival of six months or less.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2022 Mar 23

Post-Acute Care Outcomes and Functional Status Changes of Adults with New Cancer Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Palliative medicine, 2022 Jul

The utility of the surprise question: A useful tool for identifying patients nearing the last phase of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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