Journal of Hospital Medicine

Steroids may shorten hospital stay for pneumonia patients

Patients with pneumonia may spend fewer days in the hospital if they are given steroids along with antibiotics and supportive care. That's the finding of a Mayo Clinic analysis of eight randomized-controlled clinical trials ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inpatient sleeping drug quadrupled fall risk

A drug commonly prescribed to help patients sleep in hospitals has been associated with an increased risk of falls, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

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