Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Hospital medicine continues to grow in workforce, clinical scope, and academic inquiry. This article provides a summary of recent high-impact publications for busy clinicians who provide care to hospitalized adults. ⋯ This research provides insight into how we can approach common medical problems in the care of hospitalized adults. The selected works have the potential to change or confirm current practices.
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Hip fracture is a common reason for urgent inpatient surgery. In the past few years, several professional societies have identified preoperative echocardiography and stress testing for noncardiac surgeries as low-value diagnostics. ⋯ The rate of echocardiograms was 12.6%, which was higher than other published reports. Our findings emphasize the importance of ensuring that quality improvement efforts are directed toward areas where quality improvement is, in fact, needed.
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Multicenter Study
Home Smoke Exposure and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Acute Respiratory Illness.
This study aims to assess whether secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure has an impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with acute respiratory illness (ARI). ⋯ Our study demonstrates an association between regular SHS exposure and decreased HRQOL with a dose-dependent response for children with ARI, providing further evidence of the negative impact of SHS.