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Hospitalized incarcerated patients are commonly shackled throughout their duration of treatment in community medical centers to prevent escape or harm to others. In the absence of overarching policies guiding the shackling of non-pregnant, incarcerated patients, clinicians rarely unshackle patients during routine care. We provide a medical-legal lens through which to examine inpatient shackling, review the limited evidence supporting the practice, and highlight harms associated with shackling in the hospital. We conclude by offering guidance to advance evidence-based shackling practices that prevent physical harm, reduce prejudice towards incarcerated patients, and relinquish reliance on shackles in favor of tailored security measures.
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Hospitales , HumanosRESUMEN
Hospitalists provide a significant amount of direct clinical care in both academic and community hospitals. Peer feedback is a potentially underutilized and low resource method for improving clinical performance, which lends itself well to the frequent patient care handoffs that occur in the practice of hospital medicine. We review current literature on peer feedback to provide an overview of this performance improvement tool, briefly describe its incorporation into multi-source clinical performance appraisals across disciplines, highlight how peer feedback is currently used in hospital medicine, and present practical steps for hospital medicine programs to implement peer feedback to foster clinical excellence among their clinicians.
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Medicina Hospitalar , Médicos Hospitalarios , Pase de Guardia , Retroalimentación , Humanos , Grupo ParitarioRESUMEN
This Viewpoint discusses legal provisions guiding health care delivery for incarcerated individuals, the impact of the First Step Act of 2018, and future federal criminal justice reform.
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Derecho Penal , Reforma de la Atención de Salud , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Humanos , Trastornos Mentales , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
In teaching and in practice, little attention is given to a low anion gap. This oversight can result in a missed opportunity to diagnose acute or chronic disorders requiring treatment. In this article, we review the constituents of the anion gap, build a differential diagnosis for a low anion gap using case examples, and provide a stepwise approach to diagnostic testing to evaluate this abnormal finding.
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Desequilibrio Ácido-Base , Acidosis , Humanos , Equilibrio Ácido-Base , Acidosis/diagnóstico , Desequilibrio Ácido-Base/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico DiferencialRESUMEN
Rodeo is one of the few sports still sponsored by the tobacco industry, particularly the US Smokeless Tobacco Company. Rodeo is popular in rural communities, where smokeless tobacco use is more prevalent. We used previously secret tobacco industry documents to examine the history and internal motivations for tobacco company rodeo sponsorship. Rodeos allow tobacco companies to reach rural audiences and young people, enhance brand image, conduct market research, and generate positive press. Relationships with athletes and fans were used to fight proposed restrictions on tobacco sports sponsorship. Rodeo sponsorship was intended to enhance tobacco sales, not the sport. Rural communities should question the tradition of tobacco sponsorship of rodeo sports and reject these predatory marketing practices.
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Publicidad/legislación & jurisprudencia , Mercadotecnía/métodos , Deportes/economía , Industria del Tabaco/economía , Tabaco sin Humo , Adolescente , Atletas , Apoyo Financiero , Humanos , Masculino , Mercadotecnía/legislación & jurisprudencia , Relaciones Públicas , Población Rural , Clase Social , Industria del Tabaco/legislación & jurisprudencia , Tabaco sin Humo/economía , Estados Unidos , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Background Current duty hour restrictions have led to increased patient handoffs as well as increased use of faculty in the nocturnist role. Nocturnists typically supervise residents and perform direct patient care leading to a diversity of provider experience level during morning handoffs. In this study, we explored how the presence of nocturnists impacts perceptions patient safety, quality, and educational value of morning care transitions. Methods We performed a cross-sectional survey examining the housestaff and attending perceptions of the morning sign-out of overnight admissions from both night float residents and nocturnists in July of 2016. Survey responses were Likert-style format, querying respondents' level of agreement (1-5, strongly disagree to strongly agree) with statements. 108 providers responded (41% response rate) Results Relative to attendings, residents reported feeling like they had less time to ask questions (4.0 vs. 5.0, p < 0.001) and felt less comfortable asking questions of the nocturnist during handoff (4.0 vs. 5.0, p < 0.001). Residents were also less comfortable than attendings in changing a nocturnist's plan of care (4.0 vs. 5.0, p < 0.001). Housestaff reported that receiving signout from the overnight resident was more likely to improve their confidence managing similar conditions (4.0 vs. 3.0, p < 0.001). Conclusion The benefits of nocturnist supervision may come at an educational cost as trainees feel less comfortable asking questions or changing the plan of care. With increasingly prevalent night float systems and nocturnist providers, academic programs have to negotiate the balancing safe and high-quality patient care with creating positive learning environments and clear expectations.