NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2019

Dear Readers,

We are pleased to bring you our 2019 NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories. As usual, our list focuses on inpatient and intensive care topics that most of us see in our daily practice. We hope that you find this list helpful as you reflect on the medical advances that have influenced your practice during 2019. If you have any comments, please contact us through our website. From our family to yours, best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.

NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2019:

• Use of Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in Acutely Ill Medical Patients

• Hypoglycemia Close to Discharge Is Associated with Worse Outcomes

• Titrating Up Antihypertensives at Hospital Discharge: Resist the Temptation

• Antibiotics for Pneumonia: Let's Be Brief

• Should Antipsychotics Be Used to Prevent or Treat Delirium in Hospitalized Patients?

• Are DOACs Better Than LMWH for Treating Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients?

• No Benefit to Adding Pneumatic Compression to Pharmacologic Prophylaxis for Preventing Venous Thromboembolism

• TAVR for Low-Risk Patients with Severe AS — A Paradigm Shift!

• Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Bone and Joint Infections: Challenging an Intravenous Dogma

• Do Admission and Readmission Reduction Programs Truly Prevent Hospital Visits?