How We Did It is a new column that aims to highlight how individual hospitalist programs have successfully implemented innovations in medical programs, educational programs, wellness initiatives, or ...

A 66-year-old man with a history of hypertension and stage 4 chronic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital for acute pulmonary embolism and started on a heparin drip. It is day two of his ...

Being the newest anything can be both a blessing and a curse. For SHM’s Research Special Interest Group, which just formed in October 2024, the positives of being so new are that the group is ...

Clinical question: Are there alternatives to statins for primary prevention? Background: Statins that lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol are major therapeutics in reducing both primary ...

May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. In honor of this month, The Hospitalist interviewed several AAPI hospitalists to learn more about how their upbringing influenced them and ...

POCUS is a new column on point-of-care ultrasound. This column aims to explore evolving clinical applications, educational advancements, and the clinical impacts of POCUS through the insights of ...

Informed consent is critical to the daily practice of medicine. Conversations about the risks and benefits of treatment options are both a legal requirement and an ethical duty. However, another ...

The Hospitalist aims to provide articles on key issues and trends in hospital medicine, continually assessing how to deliver engaging, relevant, and useful content. Other articles fall into these ...

Clinical question: Does continuous infusion of β-lactam antibiotics reduce 90-day mortality compared with intermittent infusion in critically ill patients with sepsis? Background: Sepsis, a ...

Clinical question: Is the interrupted use of a beta-blocker non-inferior to its continued use in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI)? Background: Patients with MI are often started ...

Informed consent is critical to the daily practice of medicine. Conversations about the risks and benefits of treatment options are both a legal requirement and an ethical duty. However, another ...

POCUS is a new column on point-of-care ultrasound. This column aims to explore evolving clinical applications, educational advancements, and the clinical impacts of POCUS through the insights of ...