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Hospitalist Efficiency Impacted by Increased Workloads

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

Inpatient length-of-stay, costs may increase when hospitalist workloads exceed 15 patients daily

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Peri-Operative Clonidine Increases Hypotension, Bradycardia, Nonfatal Cardiac Arrest

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

Study finds peri-operative clonidine brings increased risks, has no effect on myocardial infarction rate among patients undergoing vascular surgery...

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Fibrinolytics Increase Stroke Risk, Hemorrhage in Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Emboli

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

Study finds increased risks, no mortality benefit to treatment of intermediate-risk pulmonary emboli with fibrinolytics

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AHA/ACC Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Updated

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society issue first comprehensive update since 2006, guidelines on patient...

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Peri-Operative Aspirin Impact on Risk of Bleeding, Death, Myocardial Infarction Examined

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

Aspirin use studied among noncardiac surgery patients at risk of vascular complications

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Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-S) Evaluates Delirium Severity, Gauges Clinical Outcome

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 2, 2014

Enhanced scoring system associates delirium severity, inpatient outcomes

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Risk-Prediction Model for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

Author:: Matthew Ronan, MD

Publish date: September 1, 2014

Tool identifies infection risk factors at illness onset, predicts likelihood of C.diff recurrence