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February 2012
Featured Articles
Cover Story
Under pressure
Prevention, diagnosis and management of pressure ulcers
Pressure ulcers are a main source of withheld payments and lawsuits, but physicians can be undereducated about them, according to one expert.
Web Exclusive
Seven studies from 2011 you should read (if you haven't already)
This Web-only feature offers pearls from one expert's list of 2011's most important literature.
Your Practice
The healing arts
Music and art offered to hospitalized patients
Options can range from CD players in patient rooms to visits from certified art and music therapists.
Pain in the gut
An undiagnosed bowel disorder may explain severe abdominal pain
Sometimes a careful history and minimal screening are more effective than extensive scans and tests.
Success Story
Hospitalist-resident teams find happiness and efficiency
Strong Memorial Hospital in New York developed a new rotation system to help ease pressure on residents.
Q&A: ACP Member Peter Curran, MD
How to volunteer overseas
An experienced volunteer discusses what's required to get involved.
Expert Analysis
What's zinc got to do with it?
This case study examines a 59-year-old woman with weakness and fatigue of three weeks' duration.
Your Practice
Coding Corner
Bleeding and acute blood loss anemia
In coding, anemia is a separate identifiable condition that contributes independently to patient risk and severity of illness.
Perspectives
Letters
Letter from the Editor
Some of this issue's topics include pressure ulcers, arts in the hospital, and undiagnosed bowel disorders.
Self-Examination
The snake and I
The author details the aftermath of his encounter with a rattlesnake (or snakes).
Clinical Medicine
Test Yourself
Test yourself: MKSAP quiz on gastroenterology
These cases and commentary, which address gastroenterology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
Conference Coverage
Hospital medicine courses abound at Internal Medicine 2012
ACP's meeting in New Orleans promises many offerings for hospitalists.
FDA Update
New anticoagulants getting expanded approval, but also review
Details on anticoagulant regulation and more.
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From the May 22, 2013 edition
- Warfarin better than heparin bridging during cardiac device surgery
- Intensive-dose statins don't confer greater diabetes risk for post-MI elderly than moderate doses
Cartoon Caption Contest
This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Jennifer L. Norris, MD, ACP Member. Thanks to all who voted!
"I had something else in mind when I asked for an outline of the patient's condition."
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