Drugs and Bugs at the End of Life
October 2, 2015
by: Eric Widera @ewidera The majority of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer are given antibiotics in the last week of life…
Redesigning Dying
September 10, 2015
Dying is in serious need of a redesign. This is the point of BJ Miller’s TED talk that was given…
Why you got to be so rude: the impact of rudeness on the performance of medical teams
August 22, 2015
A fascinating study came out in Pediatrics recently on the impact rudenessplays on the performance of teams that I just…
A strategy to improve cardiac arrest survival: Do it less on those who don’t want it or won’t benefit from it
July 22, 2015
On June 30, 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report titled “Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A…
Secondhand Antibiotic Exposure in Nursing Homes
July 9, 2015
Antibiotics are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes. Past studies have shown that around 2 out…
ABIM Discontinues Requirement for Maintaining Underlying Board Certification
July 3, 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has had a lot of, well, lets just say difficult press this year. There…
What should we call the physician-assisted act of intentionally killing oneself near the end of life
June 4, 2015
By: Eric Widera (@ewidera) It was a big day in California today. The California Senate passed SB 128 which would…
The house calls imperative and what you can do about it – right now.
May 28, 2015
A timely study came out in JAMA IM this week that highlights the need and potential demand for home-based delivery…
Outcomes of In-Hospital CPR in Patients Receiving Dialysis
May 22, 2015
We’ve talked a lot about the prognosis after receiving in-hospital CPR in this blog (here, here, and here to name a…
Do thickened liquids benefit people with swallowing problems? #ThickenedLiquidChallenge
January 21, 2015
There are a lot of people with swallowing difficulty who are currently getting thickened liquids. For instance, in one study…