May 2021
An agenda for hospitalists' research
The pandemic added opportunities and barriers to an already challenged field.
Fighting HAIs while fighting a pandemic
Central line-associated bloodstream infections made a comeback last year.
Never too late for a career change
Some experienced hospitalists offer their strategies for keeping work interesting.
Residents reimagine anti-racism curriculum
A new Race, Bias, and Advocacy in Medicine pathway gave trainees an opening to focus on these issues.
Monitoring vitals at home may reduce readmissions
A team of skeptics convinced themselves that home monitoring helped patients.
What's in an eponym? Discussing namesake diseases
Debate on the value of eponyms has been ongoing for decades.
The Intergalactic Hospital for Malfunctioning Mechanicals
Since the hospital's inception, no mechanical beings have passed the rigorous entrance examination to practice there.
CAUTI, a tale of two contexts
Confusion abounds over the diagnosis and documentation of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Blood product irradiation and transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease
A trauma patient develops new-onset fevers, skin lesions, diarrhea, and jaundice.
New devices for congenital heart disease, multiple sclerosis
Recalls, alerts, and approvals.
Research and other passions of hospitalists
This issue looks at hospitalist investigators, mid-career satisfaction, hospital-acquired infections, and medical eponyms, among other topics.
Discharge ed, doctor harassment, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly
MKSAP quiz on health care-associated infections
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on health care-associated infections.
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.