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How Would You Manage This Patient With Decreased Bone Density? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Osteoporosis is a skeletal condition characterized by low bone mass and fragility resulting in an increased risk for fracture. It affects all bones, but fractures most often occur in the hip and spine. Osteoporosis is common in postmenopausal women, with estrogen deficiency thought to be a major contributing factor. Screening for osteoporosis with bone densitometry is recommended in all women 65 years of age or older and in postmenopausal women younger than 65 who are at increased risk.
How Would You Manage This Patient With Clostridioides difficile Infection? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Infectious Diseases Society of America/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the American College of Gastroenterology recently released updated guidelines on management of patients with Clostridioides difficile infection. Although these 2 guidelines generally agree, there are a few important differences in their advice to clinicians.
How Would You Manage This Diabetic Patient With a Foot Infection? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Foot infections are the most common cause of hospitalization in patients with diabetes. They may be superficial, involving only the skin, or deep, involving the soft tissues or bone. Superficial infections are generally caused by aerobic gram-positive cocci, whereas deep infections, including osteomyelitis, tend to be polymicrobial in origin. Clinical manifestations of skin and soft tissue infections include local evidence of inflammation, but peripheral neuropathy and peripheral artery disease may mask these findings.
How Would You Manage HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in This Patient With Medical Comorbidities?: Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Despite advances in treatment, HIV infection remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality, with more than 30 000 new cases diagnosed in the United States each year. There are several interventions traditionally used to prevent HIV transmission, but these vary in effectiveness and there are challenges to their implementation.
How to Build Your Support Network
Identify key individuals for your professional fulfillment, development, and well-being. You'll learn how to build relationships with them and discover best practices for engaging with your support network to enhance your career and personal life.
How to Apply Compassion
Learn the benefits of applied compassion practice to clinicians and systems, how to adapt and teach it, and real-world ways to clinically apply compassion.
How Many Steps Are Associated With Better Health?
The Annals Consult Guys discuss the myths and evidence behind recommendations for optimal targets for daily step counts.
Hospital Medicine: Success in a Complex Environment: 2025 Video Recordings Package
Highly experienced clinician faculty will provide essential updates on key medical issues, take you through the challenges of common and complex clinical conundrums, and address how to effectively improve the value of care provided to patients. The needs of the patient, as well as the impact on the hospital and hospitalist, will be considered in this highly practical, case-based curriculum. This high-yield collection of virtual lectures will cover:
Hospital Medicine: Success in a Complex Environment: 2024 Video Recordings Package
Expert clinician-educators will present an advanced and practical perspective of hospital medicine and provide an update on key medical issues. Faculty will address the challenges of common and uncommon clinical conundrums, and address how to improve the value of care we provide to our patients. The needs of the patient, as well as the impact on the hospital and the hospitalist, will be considered in the curriculum. This high-yield collection of virtual lectures will cover:
High Value Care Cases 4: Care Setting and Cost
This activity can help you to better understand the impact that the setting of care has on the cost of care. Comple clinical cases on admission decisions and hospital discharge to practice choosing the best setting for care, preventing unnecessary harms and costs, and customizing a care plan that incorporates patient values and concerns.