I.M. Matters from ACP
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I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine.
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Joined June 2009
🏥 @ACPIMPhysicians members can access a special issue featuring readers' meaningful patient encounters, including: ✔️ Five patients who shaped my medical career, ✔️ The lake at night, and ✔️ The missing blanket. These stories and more are online.
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New AI-powered alcohol conversation tool available from ACP
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The member-exclusive tool is designed to help clinicians practice conversations about alcohol use with simulated patients in a safe, supportive environment.
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💉 ACP encourages adults to get vaccinated during National Influenza Vaccination Week https://t.co/UjZHEn23Ae 💉
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ACP urges all eligible adults to receive their flu shot for the 2025-2026 season to protect themselves and their communities.
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Greater frailty associated with greater mortality benefit from postop cardiac rehab
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Medicare beneficiaries with a higher score on a frailty index were less likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous or surgical revascularization or aortic valve replacement,...
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Test Yourself with the MKSAP Quiz on ICU care after near drowning
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A 65-year-old man is evaluated in the ICU while receiving mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by near drowning. After a physical exam and arterial blood gas studies,...
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Tai chi about as effective as CBT for long-term management of chronic insomnia
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was superior to tai chi in treating chronic insomnia at three months, but the interventions were equally as effective at 15 months, according to a trial of older...
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Obstructive sleep apnea may be risk factor for Parkinson's
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Veterans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) had 1.61 additional cases of Parkinson's disease per 1,000 patients at six years from diagnosis versus those without OSA, and early use of continuous...
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ACP position paper calls for reform to ensure managed care improves patient health
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The College stresses that managed care strategies should be designed to improve health outcomes rather than focusing solely on reducing costs.
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Advance care planning increased with patient-facing interventions
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Outreach by a health navigator significantly increased completion of advance care planning forms compared to patient portal messages and mailed materials, according to a study of 5,810 seriously ill...
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Ambient documentation appears to reduce clinician workload
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A hybrid ambient documentation program combining generative artificial intelligence with a virtual scribe was associated with less after-hours work, faster note completion, and better financial...
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Statins may not benefit older adults with dementia
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Nursing home residents with dementia who were taking statins were at higher risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular hospitalization than those not on the medications, a German retrospective...
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Test Yourself with the MKSAP Quiz on a patient hospitalized for pleural effusion
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A 58-year-old woman is hospitalized for dyspnea due to recurrent right-sided pleural effusion. She has autoimmune hepatitis with cirrhosis. Following lab studies and other scans, what is the most...
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Study assesses remission, complication rates with vedolizumab in early, late Crohn's
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Patients with Crohn's disease who started vedolizumab within two years of diagnosis were significantly more likely to reach clinical and endoscopic remission than those who had been diagnosed more...
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Opioids after IBD hospitalization tied to worse outcomes
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who filled an opioid prescription within seven days of a hospital or ED visit were more likely to come back to the hospital, to receive a corticosteroid...
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Anti-interleukins, JAK inhibitors linked with lower infection risk in ulcerative colitis
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Both anti-interleukins and Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors were associated with a lower risk of serious infections than tumor necrosis factor antagonists, according to a retrospective study of more...
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In an editorial, Colin P. West, MD, PhD discusses the findings of a new systematic review of interventions for clinician #burnout and why we should not let these limitations obscure gains in knowledge of effective interventions. Perfection should not be the enemy of progress.
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Trump’s first three Cabinet meetings feature more press questions and answers than all of Biden’s
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A new Annals On Call is online now. Listen as Dr. Bob Centor @medrants discusses a personal essay about the family perspective on palliative care with Monica Wright, MS. https://t.co/7gsk7x1P3y
#UncleBob #PalliativeCare #Podcast
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Professional coaching effective for managing physician burnout, review finds
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Different interventions were effective for different health care professional roles, a review found, with mindfulness-based interventions reducing burnout among nurses and midwives but not physicians.
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Fish oil may lower rate of serious cardiovascular events for those undergoing hemodialysis, study finds
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The rate of serious cardiovascular events was approximately 40% lower among hemodialysis patients who were randomized to 4 g of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids daily than among those who received...
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