ADDICTION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT

• Is Grandma really using fentanyl? Pitfalls in interpreting toxicology screens
• What’s new in street drugs
• New FDA guidelines for using naloxone
• Treating acute and chronic pain in patients with substance use disorder
• Phenobarbital in the management of alcohol withdrawal
• Reducing the risk of recurrent opiate overdose at discharge

ALLERGY

• What to do when there is no allergist
• Getting rid of the low-risk penicillin allergy label
• New anaphylaxis guidelines
• Class action: sorting out the overlap between penicillin and cephalosporins
• Things we do for no reason: steroids for anaphylaxis? 

CARDIOVASCULAR

• Dual anti-platelet therapy after stenting: are we overdoing it?
• Rethinking rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation
• Peri-operative anticoagulation in patients on DOACs
• Post-op atrial fibrillation: to anticoagulate, or not to anticoagulate?
• SGLT-2 inhibitors: a new standard for CHF treatment
• How low should you go? Hemoglobin targets in acute coronary syndromes
• Reducing readmissions for heart failure: best practices in discharge planning
• Overcoming diuretic resistance in heart failure
• Is it ever OK to stop anticoagulation in unprovoked venous thrombosis?
• When to refer patients with aortic stenosis for TAVR

DELIRIUM

• Update on pharmacotherapy for delirium
• Reducing delirium complications: is a bedside companion key?
• Hospital-acquired delirium: a risk factor for dementia
• Difficult cases in delirium management

DIAGNOSTICS

• Can't-miss ECG diagnoses
• Radiology pearls: identifying subtle findings on CXR
• Rapid-fire review of electrolyte, liver, and heme cases
• Contrast or no contrast? Choosing the right imaging protocols

ENDOCRINE

• Dangers of SGLT2 inhibitors: euglycemic DKA and UTIs
• Challenging cases in insulin management
• Best practices for hyperglycemic crises
• New treatments for diabetes and their role in hospital medicine

EQUITY

• Removing race from hospital laboratory calculators and reference ranges
• Anti-racism in hospital medicine
• Improving access to liver transplantation

GASTROINTESTINAL

• New guidelines for ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
• Referral practices for NAFLD/NASH
• New guidelines on management of upper and lower GI bleeds
• Optimal timing for intra-abdominal drainage in necrotizing pancreatitis
• Time to rethink the "GI cocktail?"
• Urgent endoscopy in acute GI bleeding: bad for patients?
• Managing the cirrhotic patient with bleeding and thrombosis
• Too soon? When to resume anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents after a GI bleed

HEMATOLOGIC

• DOACs for cancer-associated venous thrombosis
• DOAC use in obesity and kidney disease
• Diagnosing and managing thrombocytopenia
• Approach to anemia in the hospitalized patient
• The latest on COVID-associated thrombosis
• New venous thromboembolism guidelines

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• Short-course antibiotics for common infections
• New antibiotics for MRSA and multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods
• Monkeypox: how worried should we be?
• When are oral drugs appropriate for bacteremia?
• MRSA bacteremia: is vancomycin enough?
• SARS-CoV-2: the latest on vaccines and variants
• New oral drugs for COVID
• Monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19: do they work against variants?
• Intensive case-based review of inpatient antibiotic therapy
• New antibiotics for complicated UTIs
• Pearls for interpreting culture and sensitivity data

PALLIATIVE CARE

• Palliative care in end-stage dementia
• Alternatives to the 10-point pain scale
• Case-based approach to the complex palliative care patient
• What time is the right time to call palliative care?

PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

• The latest on perioperative aspirin, statins, beta blockers, and ACE inhibitors
• Perioperative anticoagulation: when should patients be bridged?
• Timing of surgery in hip fracture patients
• Reducing pulmonary risk in perioperative patients
• The role of biomarkers in preoperative management

PULMONARY

• Tailored steroid therapy in acute exacerbation of COPD
• New asthma guidelines: is albuterol still appropriate for rescue therapy?
• State-of-the-art treatment for asthma and COPD exacerbations
• Current recommendations for high-flow and supplemental O2
• New Surviving Sepsis guidelines

RENAL

• Dapagliflozin and reduction of progression of chronic kidney disease
• New data: early renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury
• COVID and acute kidney injury: what the hospitalist needs to know
• Dialysis access: what the hospitalist needs to know
• A salty dispute: LR vs NS revisited
• Diagnosing the patient with acute glomerulonephritis
• Blood pressure management in end-stage renal disease
• The latest on managing hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia
• Diagnosing acute kidney injury and acute glomerulonephritis

STROKE

• New AHA/ASA guidelines for stroke management
• Updates on mechanical thrombectomy for ischemic stroke
• Telestroke: an idea whose time has come?
• Anti-platelet therapy in stroke and TIA
• How long should we monitor for atrial fibrillation after stroke?

SYNCOPE

• Syncope: when to worry about cardiac causes
• New recommendations for the use of tilt table testing
• Syncope as a presenting symptom of COVID
• Diagnosing the patient with recurrent syncope
• Midodrine for vasovagal syncope?