Hospital Medicine

Gastroenterology   

Questions discussed in this category



If the patient does not have underlying diabetes, do the benefits of an insulin drip for this indication outweigh the risks?

For example, do you routinely supplement with calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, simethicone, sucralfate, etc.?

Is there a role for oral vancomycin in these patients, or is oral vancomycin redundant if other routes of administration are being used (i.e intracolo...


Papers discussed in this category


Lancet, 2016 May 10

Microbes and infection, 2024 May 06

American journal of clinical oncology, 2023 Dec 22

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2023 Oct 17

International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology, 1991 Nov-Dec

The American journal of medicine, 1991 Aug 08

Gut, 1990 Jul