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The annual sepsis update distilled a year’s worth of high-impact evidence into practice-ready guidance for busy hospitalists.

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Proton pump inhibitor use is implicated in decline in kidney graft function after transplantation. Extended proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use is associated with decline in graft function in kidney ...

The American College of Rheumatology has updated its systemic lupus erythematosus treatment guidelines for the first time ...

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