Association of emergency department length of stay with safety-net status.
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Management of needlestick injuries: a house officer who has a needlestick.
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Incident stroke and mortality associated with new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients h…

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Hospitalization-associated disability: “She was probably able to ambulate, but I’m not sure”.
JAMA. 2011 Oct 26;306(16):1782-93
Authors: Covinsky KE, Pierluissi E, Johnston CB
Abstract
In older patients, acute …

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Risk prediction models for hospital readmission: a systematic review.
JAMA. 2011 Oct 19;306(15):1688-98
Authors: Kansagara D, Englander H, Salanitro A, Kagen D, Theobald C, Freeman M, Kripalani S
Abstract
CONTE…

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Association Between Serum Cathepsin S and Mortality in Older Adults.
JAMA. 2011 Aug 29;
Authors: Jobs E, Ingelsson E, Risérus U, Nerpin E, Jobs M, Sundström J, Basu S, Larsson A, Lind L, Arnlöv J
Abstract
Co…

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Quality of care and patient outcomes in critical access rural hospitals.
JAMA. 2011 Jul 6;306(1):45-52
Authors: Joynt KE, Harris Y, Orav EJ, Jha AK
Abstract
CONTEXT: Critical access hospitals (CAHs) play a cruc…

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Appropriateness of percutaneous coronary intervention.
JAMA. 2011 Jul 6;306(1):53-61
Authors: Chan PS, Patel MR, Klein LW, Krone RJ, Dehmer GJ, Kennedy K, Nallamothu BK, Weaver WD, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Spertus …

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Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic diseases.
JAMA. 2011 Aug 24;306(8):840-7
Authors: Bell CM, Brener SS, Gunraj N, Huo C, Bierman AS, Scales DC, Bajcar J, Zwa…

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Does this patient have medical decision-making capacity?
JAMA. 2011 Jul 27;306(4):420-7
Authors: Sessums LL, Zembrzuska H, Jackson JL
Evaluation of the capacity of a patient to make medical decisions should occur in th…

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Association of copeptin and N-terminal proBNP concentrations with risk of cardiovascular death in older patients with symptoms of heart failure.
JAMA. 2011 May 25;305(20):2088-95
Authors: Alehagen U, Dahlström U, Rehfeld JF, …

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Factors associated with closures of emergency departments in the United States.
JAMA. 2011 May 18;305(19):1978-85
Authors: Hsia RY, Kellermann AL, Shen YC
Between 1998 and 2008, the number of hospital-based emergency d…

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Updated guidelines target reductions in catheter-related bloodstream infections.
JAMA. 2011 May 4;305(17):1753-4
Authors: Voelker R

PMID: 21540414 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Hospitalist efforts and improving discharge planning.
JAMA. 2011 May 4;305(17):1766
Authors: Flansbaum B, Williams MV

PMID: 21540418 [PubMed - in process]

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Management of sepsis: a 47-year-old woman with an indwelling intravenous catheter and sepsis.
JAMA. 2011 Apr 13;305(14):1469-77
Authors: Angus DC
Severe sepsis is the term used to describe the host response to infectio…

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