Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Practice Guideline
Clinical Guideline Highlights for the Hospitalist: 2020 American Society of Addiction Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management.
The ASAM Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management RELEASE DATE: May 2020 PRIOR VERSION: 2004 American Society of Addiction Medicine guideline on management of alcohol withdrawal delirium DEVELOPER: American Society of Addiction Medicine FUNDING SOURCE: American Society of Addiction Medicine TARGET POPULATION: Adults hospitalized with alcohol withdrawal syndrome of any severity.
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This study aims to comprehensively examine racial and ethnic differences in pediatric unintentional injuries requiring hospitalization by age across injury mechanisms. ⋯ Racial and ethnic minority children represent populations at persistent disproportionate risk for injuries resulting in hospitalization; risk that varies in important ways by injury mechanism and children's age. These findings suggest the importance of the environmental and societal exposures that may drive these differences, but other factors, such as provider bias, may also contribute.
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Clinical documentation is a key component of practice. Trainees rarely receive formal training in documentation or assessment of their documentation. Effective methods of improving documentation remain unknown. ⋯ Several aspects of documentation can improve with a formal documentation curriculum which includes a routine assessment with feedback, and some aspects of documentation improve with time.