News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 28, 2015
Clinical question: What are criteria for appropriate and inappropriate use of PICCs?
Background: PICCs are commonly used in medical care in a varie...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 28, 2015
Clinical question: What is the value of ultra-brief cognitive assessments in predicting hospital outcomes?
Background: Cognitive assessment tools c...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 25, 2015
Clinical question: What are best practices for evaluating patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?
Background: Use of CT in the evalu...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 25, 2015
Clinical question: Does time to consult after admission change the effect palliative care consultation has on cost of care?
Background: Studies hav...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 21, 2015
Clinical questions: Are antipsychotics for the treatment of delirium safe and effective? Does efficacy differ between ICU and non-ICU settings? Does e...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 18, 2015
Clinical question: Are there clinical or computerized tomography (CT) findings that identify which patients will need early surgical management in adh...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 18, 2015
Clinical question: Does the addition of rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction molecular techniques to standard blood culture bottle (BCB) processi...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: December 14, 2015
Clinical question: Are there patient characteristics not currently measured by the Medicare readmission program that account for differences in hospit...
Article Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: July 12, 2012
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: March 13, 2012
Continuity of care in the hospital is decreasing, but increasing HM use does not seem to be the cause
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: February 29, 2012
Higher loading dose of clopidogrel in STEMI; early vs. late surgery following hip fracture; beta-blockers in chronic kidney disease; long-term azit...
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: January 5, 2011
Ciprofloxacin no better than TMP/Sulfa for treatment of severe acute COPD exacerbations
News Author: Mel L. Anderson, MD Publish date: January 1, 2011
Physician reviews of CA-MRSA characteristics, association of gurgling with morbidity and mortality, antibiotics for active ulcerative colitis, outc...
