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Electrocardiographic changes in amitriptyline overdose
A 49-year-old woman was unresponsive after taking an unknown quantity of amitriptyline.
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The cohabitation of art and genomic science
Genomic-based dosing of azathioprine makes scientific sense, but is it truly a clinical game-changer?
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Should thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) activity be determined before prescribing azathioprine, mercaptopurine, or thioguanine?
Testing can identify patients at risk of life-threatening myelosuppression on these drugs.
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The importance of UA in diagnosing UTIs in infants under 2 months
Dr. Christopher J. Harrison discusses the importance of urinalysis in diagnosing urinary tract infections in infants under 2 months old.
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Hospitalists Can Lead Health Information Technology Field
A reader shares why hospitalists should drive advances in clinical informatics field
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What Hospitalists Should Consider Before Becoming an Expert Witness
Editor’s note: First in a two-part series on hospitalists as expert witnesses. Recently, you have found yourself pondering whether you want to be...
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Hospitalists Back Bill to Reform Medicare Audit Process
A bill proposed in Congress to streamline the audit process of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) is being hailed by...
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Hospitalists Positioned to Lead Improvements in Hospital Quality, Patient Safety
Hospitalists are ideally positioned to help create new approaches to hospital quality and safety, but they must acquire the skills necessary to...
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Laparoscopic management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy
An overview of surgical techniques illustrated by a case of laparoscopic cornual resection
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Documenting quantity of care rather than quality
Dr. Allan M. Block says he and other neurologists ask about irrelevant medical history during neurology visits with Medicare patients because the...