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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A Predictive Model for Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure.
JAMA. 2011 Apr 11;
Authors: Tangri N, Stevens LA, Griffith J, Tighiouart H, Djurdjev O, Naimark D, Levin A, Levey AS
Context Chronic kidne…

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Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease With Creatinine, Cystatin C, and Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio and Association With Progression to End-Stage Renal Disease and Mortality.
JAMA. 2011 Apr 11;
Authors: Peralta CA, Shlipak …

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Implementation of a sensitive troponin I assay and risk of recurrent myocardial infarction and death in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome.
JAMA. 2011 Mar 23;305(12):1210-6
Authors: Mills NL, Churchhouse AM, Lee K…

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Standard- vs high-dose clopidogrel based on platelet function testing after percutaneous coronary intervention: the GRAVITAS randomized trial.
JAMA. 2011 Mar 16;305(11):1097-105
Authors: Price MJ, Berger PB, Teirstein PS, Tang…

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Thirty-day readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries by race and site of care.

JAMA. 2011 Feb 16;305(7):675-81

Authors: Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK

Understanding whether and why there are racial disparities in readmissions has implications for efforts to reduce readmissions.

PMID: 21325183 [PubMed - in process]

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Hospital readmission as an accountability measure.

JAMA. 2011 Feb 2;305(5):504-5

Authors: Axon RN, Williams MV

PMID: 21285430 [PubMed - in process]

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Reexamining the Physical Examination for Obese Patients.

JAMA. 2010 Dec 29;

Authors: Silk AW, McTigue KM

PMID: 21191004 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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