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Hip Fracture: Enhancing Patient Recovery

About 340,000 Americans suffer hip fractures due to falls every year. For many elderly patients, a hip fracture signals the beginning of the end, a decline ending in death within the following year. In the past, hip fractures have been…

Delirium and the Elderly Hospitalized Patient

Delirium is common among elderly hospitalized patients. At home, the incidence is low, but once hospitalized, patient incidence increases to 14–24%, and in intensive-care even higher, 50-80%. Delirium is under-diagnosed and under-treated. In a 2017 study, clinicians failed to list…

Antibiotic Stewardship Strategies for Adult Outpatient Care

Drug-resistant superbugs are a fact – not fiction! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2 million people a year are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and over 23,000 of them die as a result. The CDC affirms…

EFM Case Study #17: Oxytocin Truths and Myths

Exogenous oxytocin (Pitocin) may be the most commonly used drug in obstetrics but it is not benign. Its use in clinical practice is riddled with myths, unsubstantiated by science, that perpetuate poor practice habits. Misuse, overuse, and sometimes abuse in…