Background: Morning report (MR) is an integral part of residency training, with literature demonstrating the importance residents place on MR for the transfer of knowledge. However, little data exists into whether MRs cover core curricula, with data suggesting MRs often focus on uncommon diagnoses instead of common illnesses. This study aimed to compare morning report [...]

Background: Hospitalists routinely precept third year medical students on general internal medicine wards. One of the key patient care tasks for students is to present and interpret common laboratory test abnormalities. Formal training in interpreting routine diagnostic tests is lacking for students transitioning from preclinical to clinical years. We designed and implemented a module on [...]

Background: Microbiota-based treatments have shown promise to reduce recurrence for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (rCDI), but consistent and reliable clinical efficacy data are needed to support regulatory approvals that broaden patient access. Here we provide cumulative data from 5 prospective clinical studies evaluating RBX2660—a standardized, microbiota-based investigational live biotherapeutic—for reducing rCDI recurrence. Methods: This analysis [...]

Background: Intubation is both an important outcome measure along the spectrum of all respiratory illnesses and a marker of disease severity. Time of intubation (TOI) is an important point to identify in the electronic health record (EHR) as it allows researchers to study the association of pre and post-intubation variables with mortality and other relevant [...]

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute viral illness affecting multiple systems caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Ever since its first detection in Wuhan, China in Nov 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 220 million people causing more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide and the numbers are increasing. [1] Dexamethasone, a steroid [...]

Background: Previous studies have identified racial differences in sepsis incidence and sepsis mortality. Some evidence points towards differential treatment and subsequent sepsis outcomes in Black versus White patients. However, it is unclear to what extent racial differences exist in presentation and subsequent interpretation of complaints in the early phase of sepsis. Using History and Physical [...]

Background: Central venous catheters (CVC), including temporary dialysis catheters, are a relatively frequent procedure needed in the inpatient setting. Historically in our institution, CVC have been placed in the intensive care unit (ICU) by critical care staff or in the radiology suite by interventional radiology staff. The reasons for this placement preference have included the [...]

Case Presentation: A 3-year-old girl presented with two years of monthly recurrent left periorbital swelling. The swelling was often accompanied by subjective fevers and pain. Prior episodes were treated with courses of antibiotics with some associated improvement but incomplete resolution. The child was otherwise healthy with normal growth and development.She had mildly tender non-erythematous swelling [...]

Case Presentation: A ten month old male born at term with a past medical history of pneumonia diagnosed at six months of age presented with fever, cough and respiratory distress. His exam was notable for decreased breath sounds and crackles over the entire left lung. A chest x-ray was obtained and demonstrated near complete opacification [...]

Background: The rate of young adults with complex medical needs and chronic illnesses hospitalized at children’s hospitals is increasing faster than any other age group of pediatric patients. There have been multiple studies showing the impact of young adult and adult aged patients as they are admitted to a pediatric hospital, however little has been [...]