Internal Medicine
Home Internal Medicine
Reducing Computers in Rounds May Cut Communication Barriers
Associated with reduced barriers to communication in surgical ICU patient presentations
Late-Life Blood Pressure Tied to Higher Number of Brain Infarcts
Odds of having one or more infarcts also increased with more rapidly declining SBP slope over time
Guidance Provided for Reporting Foodborne Illness
Health care professionals should generally report foodborne illness to county, city health department
Insurers May Be Underpaying Doctors
Practices need to incorporate efforts to double check reimbursement against contracts
WHO Targets for Chronic Hepatitis B Will Be Cost-Effective
Achieving WHO targets for diagnosis, treatment by 2030 will be cost-effective at $103 per QALY
Steroid Abuse Put 60-Year-Old Bodybuilder in the Hospital
Patient was eventually diagnosed with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
Diabetes Diagnosis May Impact Health Behaviors of Family
Small changes in health behaviors seen for partners of those newly diagnosed with diabetes
Majority of Those in Residential Care Have Advance Directives
Geographical differences seen, with percentage of residents with directives ranging from 65% to 88%
Many U.S. Adults View Marijuana Use Positively
81 percent believe marijuana has at least one benefit; 91 percent believe it has at least one risk
Tools, Methods of RCTs Can Be Adapted to Real-World Settings
3 options described for applying approaches used in randomized controlled trials to real-world data
