ADDICTION MEDICINE
- Management of complicated alcohol withdrawal
- New protocols for use of phenobarbital in alcohol withdrawal
- Microdosing protocols for buprenorphine induction
- Oral vs IM naltrexone of alcohol use disorder
- Harm reduction: reducing the risk of opiate overdose at discharge
- Best practice for treating pain in patients with substance use disorders
- Does addiction treatment during hospitalization prevent readmission?
ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
- How to resolve low-risk penicillin allergy labels in the hospital
- Is skin testing necessary before an oral penicillin challenge?
- Updates in anaphylaxis management
- Things we do for no reason: steroids for anaphylaxis?
- Look out for “Neffy!”
- Class action: sorting out the overlap between penicillin and cephalosporin allergy
- What to do when there is no allergist
- Management of IV contrast allergy
BEST PRACTICES
- Inpatient pain management: state of the art
- Management of patient-directed discharges
- Discharge before noon: burden or boon?
- Are cannabinoids the next frontier in chronic pain management?
- Social determinants of health and the hospitalist
- “As-needed” blood pressure medication: end of an error
- Hospital-acquired infections are not equal across communities
- Barriers and facilitators to caring for socially disadvantaged patients
CARDIOVASCULAR
- New heart failure guidelines: should we stagger initiating quadruple GDMT?
- Is less more in the long run? DAPT vs. SAPT
- End of an era? Beta-blockers after acute MI
- New guidelines for non-invasive coronary imaging
- How low should you go? Hemoglobin targets in acute coronary syndromes
- State-of-the-art management of systolic and diastolic heart failure
- The MINT trial and 2025 guidelines for hemoglobin targets in ACS
- More data to support GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity-related HFpEF
- Finerenone—new MRA on the block for HFpEF
- Overcoming diuretic resistance in heart failure
- Reducing readmissions for heart failure: best practices in discharge planning
- Updated guidelines on atrial fibrillation management
- The anticoagulation conundrum of sub-clinical atrial fibrillation
- Rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation revisited
- Should I continue SGLT2 inhibitors for my patient hospitalized with heart failure?
- Should you switch anticoagulants in patients with breakthrough strokes?
- Syncope: when to worry about cardiac causes
DERMATOLOGY
- Cellulitis: antibiotic dilemmas and when to call dermatology
- New data on optimal treatment duration for skin and soft tissue infections
- Drug reactions and other can't-miss dermatology diagnoses
- Cutaneous findings of systemic disease
- Differentiating skin infections and mimics in hospitalized patients
- Cellulitis or venous stasis? Demystifying the swollen red leg
- A cautionary tale: antibiotics with high risk of dermatologic reactions
DIAGNOSTICS
- Coronary CTA: as good as cardiac catheterization?
- Can't-miss ECG diagnoses
- Radiology pearls: identifying subtle findings on CXR
- Rapid-fire review of electrolyte, liver, and hematology cases
- Contrast or no contrast? Choosing the right imaging protocols
ENDOCRINE
- Dangers of SGLT2 inhibitors: euglycemic DKA and UTIs
- Difficult cases in hyperglycemia management
- Continuous glucose monitoring in hospitalized patients with diabetes
- New guidelines for the management of hyperglycemia in the hospital
- Should we continue metformin in the hospital?
- Adrenal insufficiency: whom to treat and how to taper steroids
- Pitfalls in managing thyroid disease in medically ill patients
- Practical approach to adrenal incidentalomas
- When to worry about pheochromocytoma
GASTROINTESTINAL
- Diagnosis and management of hepatorenal syndrome
- Covert hepatic encephalopathy: more common than you think
- Evolving strategies for hepatorenal syndrome: terlipressin
- New guidelines for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis management and prophylaxis
- Managing the cirrhotic patient with bleeding and thrombosis
- Updates on management of upper and lower GI bleeds
- Optimal timing of endoscopy in upper GI bleeds
- New risk scores to help manage patients with upper GI bleeds
- Too soon? When to resume anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents after a GI bleed
- Fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis: less is more
- Optimal timing for intra-abdominal drainage in necrotizing pancreatitis
- Urgent and non-urgent indications for ERCP
- Current approaches to preventing post-ERCP pancreatitis
- GLP-1 agonists and aspiration risk with endoscopy: harm or hype?
- Topic to watch: SBP prophylaxis
GERIATRICS
- Delirium: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- Non-pharmacologic interventions for delirium prevention
- Time to rethink the need for routine QTc monitoring with haloperidol
- Risk-stratified approach to antipsychotics and delirium
HEMATOLOGY
- Management of patients with bleeding and thrombosis
- Diagnosis and management of hypercoagulable states
- Pearls for the diagnosis and management of thrombocytopenia
- Diagnostic approach to anemia in the hospital
- Application of venous thromboembolism guidelines
- Is it ever OK to stop anticoagulation in unprovoked venous thrombosis?
- What’s in a name: should we use “provoked” vs. “unprovoked” VTE?
- Do they really need admission? Identifying the low-risk PE patient
- Is low-dose apixaban the preferred strategy for cancer-associated thrombosis?
- Is there a best-in-class DOAC?
- More data on DOACs in patients with obesity and chronic kidney disease
- Pearls for identifying myelodysplastic syndrome
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- ID pearls for selecting the right antibiotic
- Ceftriaxone for pneumonia: 1g or 2g?
- Comprehensive review of inpatient antibiotic therapy
- When should we consult ID for bacteremia?
- Expedited transitions from IV to oral antibiotics for common infections
- 2025 data: settling the debate on MSSA bacteremia treatment
- PrEP works, and hospitalists can help close the regional gap
- Nice shot: twice-yearly lenacapavir provides HIV protection without the pills
- Breakthroughs in MRSA therapeutics
- When should we cover for MRSA pneumonia?
- Should we be using CRP to risk stratify patients with severe CAP?
- Whom should we screen for HIV in the inpatient setting?
- Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what's the least "C-diffy" antibiotic of all?
- Flying under the radar: C. difficile transmission in the hospital setting
- Fecal microbiota therapy: more data as first-line treatment for C. difficile
- C. difficile with reduced susceptibility to fidaxomicin
- New treatment options for complicated UTIs
- How to interpret the antibiogram
- ESBL cultures—how scared should you be?
- 2025 IDSA guideline updates on diabetic foot infections
- New treatment options for resistant infections
NEUROLOGY
- Approach to imaging in acute stroke syndromes
- Updates on AHA/ASA guidelines for stroke management
- Blood pressure management in acute stroke
- Telestroke: an idea whose time has come?
- To DAPT or not to DAPT: antiplatelet therapy in stroke and TIA
- Thrombolysis in acute stroke: are we going to need a bigger window?
- New agents for thrombolysis in acute stroke
- Thrombectomy for acute stroke: is it underused?
- Bleeding risk in stroke due to atrial fibrillation: when is it safe to start a DOAC?
- Avoiding hemorrhagic transformation in stroke: when is it safe to start anticoagulation?
- Should you switch anticoagulants in patients with breakthrough strokes?
- Diagnostic approach to the patient with recurrent syncope
- Evidence-based tools for risk stratification in syncope
- Orthostatic syncope: does midodrine help?
PALLIATIVE CARE
- Which patients benefit most from palliative care?
- Patient-centered strategies for serious illness conversations in the hospital
- Best practices for leading family meetings
PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
- The first new AHA periop guidelines in 10 years—what the hospitalist needs to know
- New guidelines on GLP-1 and SGLT2 management in perioperative settings
- Updates on perioperative aspirin, statins, beta blockers, and ACE inhibitors
- To hold or not to hold: understanding the latest on perioperative medication management
- The importance of frailty in assessing perioperative risk
- Reducing pulmonary risk in perioperative patients
- Perioperative anticoagulation: when should patients be bridged?
PREGNANCY
- HELLP me: managing medical complications in pregnant and postpartum patients
- Best practices for hypertension management during and after pregnancy
- Benefits, risks, and contraindications to radiologic studies in pregnant patients
- Periprocedural management of pregnant patients
- Treatment guidelines for UTI in pregnancy
PSYCHIATRY
- Pearls for managing patients with personality disorders in the hospital
- Inpatient management of psychiatric medications
- Diagnostic yield of neuroimaging for common psychiatric presentations
- Capacity assessment: can this patient make their own decisions?
PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE
- Tailored steroid therapy in acute COPD exacerbations
- Practical applications of the 2025 GOLD guidelines
- Short-course antibiotics in COPD exacerbations
- Current recommendations for supplemental and high-flow O2 in critical illness
- Surviving Sepsis guidelines
- Steroids in sepsis: who and when?
- Prone to survive: body position and outcomes in acute hypoxic respiratory failure
- High-flow nasal cannula: does it measure up to non-invasive ventilation in hypercarbic respiratory failure?
- Does long-term oxygen therapy reduce hospitalization?
- New data on sedation and ICU delirium: propofol vs. dexmedetomidine
RENAL
- Preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease: another win for GLP-1 agonists
- The latest on “kidney-saving” medications: GLP-1 agonists, SGLT-2 inhibitors, and finerenone
- Watchful waiting for critically ill patients without emergent need for renal replacement therapy
- Diagnostic approach to acute kidney injury
- Dialysis access: what the hospitalist needs to know
- PICC and choose: IV access in end-stage renal disease patients
- Ironing it out: managing anemia in ESRD
- Blood pressure management in ESRD
- Are we too scared of metformin?
- Updates on hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia management
- Stop using formulas to correct calcium; use ionized calcium to guide repletion
- Should urea be used for managing SIADH?
- Are we playing it too safe in hyponatremia?
- Contrast nephropathy: an idea whose time has gone?
RHEUMATOLOGY
- Block the rebound: anti-inflammatory cover for gout after starting urate-lowering therapy
- See the halo, skip the scalpel—how to make the GCA diagnosis without a biopsy
- When to call rheumatology
- Dual forces for lupus nephritis: pulse dose steroids plus immunomodulators for active disease