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Rethinking Some Blood Thinners: New Model for Hospitalists

A 76-year-old woman comes to the emergency department vomiting blood. Her hematocrit has decreased from 31% to 21%. The patient has nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, stable coronary disease, and a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction several years ago th... See more

medscape.com•Erin Cates•Oct 6, 2026

Cuando las guías entran en conflicto con la práctica clínica

Las guías clínicas se redactan para poblaciones, pero profesionales hospitalarios tratan a individuos, y la mayoría presenta comorbilidades que complican la evidencia. Pacientes con fibrilación auricular, caídas recientes y deterioro cognitivo no encajan ... See more

medscape.com•Erin Cates•Sep 16, 2026

Screening for Diabetes at Urgent Care Could Save Lives

More than 101 million Americans live in federally designated primary care shortage areas, according to federal data from March 2026. Without a regular doctor, many go to urgent care instead. Nearly 30% of US adults visited an urgent care center or retail ... See more

medscape.com•Erin Cates•Jul 14, 2026

New POCUS for Residents: Should Hospitalists Join?

For years, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training in internal medicine residency programs operated without a shared playbook. Individual programs built their own curricula, borrowed from emergency medicine frameworks, or offered little structured train... See more

medscape.com•Erin Cates•Jun 8, 2026

Do Corticosteroids Really Raise Gestational Diabetes Risk?

Oral corticosteroids are a clinical staple during pregnancy — prescribed for asthma flares, autoimmune conditions, preterm labor risk, and fetal lung maturation, among other indications. And for just as long, many clinicians have worried about what they d... See more

medscape.com•Erin Cates•Jun 5, 2026

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