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Dear Readers,
We are pleased to bring you our 2011 Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories. As in previous years, our list focuses on inpatient topics, such as intensive care unit management, perioperative medicine, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, the biggest stories of the year, in our opinion, relate to the newer anticoagulants and their role in stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation, as well as in prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism.
In previous years, we have listed individual summaries but, this year, we found that a few topics were the focus of several meaningful studies. Rather than choosing between them, we have decided to list our Top Stories by topic and to include multiple summaries where appropriate.
We hope that you find the list helpful as you reflect on the medical advances that have influenced your practice during 2011. If you have any comments, please e-mail us at jwhm@mms.org or use our Reader Remarks feature to express your opinion on any individual summary on our site.
From our family to yours, best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
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Shorter Preshock Pauses During CPR Improve Survival
Stable Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Can Be Treated as Outpatients
Standard Therapy Is Sufficient for Most Patients with Saddle Pulmonary Embolism
Care Transitions Pose High Risk for Medication Errors
Missing Components in Discharge Summaries to Subacute Care Centers
Preoperative Anemia Is a Prognostic Factor for Poor Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery
New Guideline: Evidence Doesn't Support Universal Prophylaxis for VTE
A Revolution in VTE Prophylaxis