Speaker: Dr. Talia Bernal

Title: Updates in Hospital Medicine

Format: Virtual

Objectives: 

• Apply recent evidence to optimize inpatient antimicrobial management, including the use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic duration and appropriate selection of oral step-down therapy for gram-negative bacteremia.
• Evaluate emerging evidence for non-inferior or alternative treatment strategies in common hospital conditions, such as methotrexate for pulmonary sarcoidosis, dalbavancin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, and reduced-dose anticoagulation in venous thromboembolism.
• Incorporate updated clinical data into decision-making for hospitalized patients across subspecialties, including management of hyperkalemia risk with SGLT2 inhibitors, fluid selection in hospitalized patients, and risk-benefit considerations for invasive strategies in older adults with acute coronary syndromes.