Journal of Hospital Medicine

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The articles below offer a critical evaluation of the topic in an easy-to-read format. Download them now while they are freely available and then read at your leisure.

• Acute pancreatitis Treatment of lactic acidosis: Appropriate confusion
  
  
• The FDA extended warning for intravenous haloperidol and torsades de pointes: How should institutions respond?
  
  
• Pediatric observation units in the United States: A systematic review
  
  
• The ethics of the hospitalist model
  
  
• Management of perioperative hypertensive urgencies with parenteral medications

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Academic Hospitalist Academy
September 22-25, 2010
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September 13-16, 2010
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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