Background: Preventive care is a crucial but underutilized component of optimal population health management. Of eligible patients, 69.0% have received pneumococcal vaccine, 24.1% zoster vaccine, and 30.0% hepatitis B vaccine. Cancer screening rates are similarly low, with 12.5% screened for lung cancer and 71.6% for colorectal cancer. Gaps in preventive care are even larger in [...]

Background: Preventive care is a crucial but underutilized component of optimal population health management. Of eligible patients, 69.0% have received pneumococcal vaccine, 24.1% zoster vaccine, and 30.0% hepatitis B vaccine. Cancer screening rates are similarly low, with 12.5% screened for lung cancer and 71.6% for colorectal cancer. Gaps in preventive care are even larger in [...]

Background: Substance use and mental health disorders significantly contribute to disparities in cancer care, particularly in the South Bronx, a region with a large Latinx and Black population. This study evaluates the impact of these disorders on cancer care among newly diagnosed patients at Lincoln Cancer Center. Methods: This retrospective study included newly diagnosed cancer [...]

Background: Suicide attempt and self-injury (SA/SI) are frequent reasons for medical hospitalizations, yet little is known about length of stay (LOS) among youth hospitalized for SA/SI. LOS is commonly used to measure quality of patient care and resource use within hospitals, and a comprehensive understanding of factors associated with LOS among youth admitted for SA/SI [...]

Background: Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity (CCMC) are essential to their child’s care during hospital admissions. Prior research suggests that prolonged hospitalization of their child negatively impacts the emotional, physical and psychosocial well-being of CCMC. However, there is a paucity of data regarding caregivers’ perspectives on potential effective solutions to improve their own wellness [...]

Case Presentation: Introduction:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health issue, with extrapulmonary TB often mimicking other conditions.¹ Diagnosing tuberculous peritonitis is particularly challenging in resource-limited settings, where nonspecific symptoms and limited diagnostics create barriers. This case highlights the complexities of diagnosing tuberculous peritonitis in a chronic alcoholic patient, initially suspected of decompensated liver disease (DCLD) despite [...]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male with no medical history presented to the ED for confusion. His partner revealed that the patient had been drinking his own urine with salt, part of a home detoxification regimen. His partner denied any prior episodes of confusion and denied any known family history or genetic disorders. He was afebrile [...]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with acute-onset encephalopathy in the setting of subacute progressive cough and worsening diffuse pain. Labs revealed corrected calcium 15.1 mg/dl, Hgb 6.8 g/dl, Cr 1.2 mg/dl, total protein 11.9 g/dl, and albumin 2.5 g/dl. Radiological studies showed a large [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old man with alcohol use disorder complicated by delirium tremens, who initially presented with left ankle pain, was later found to have septic arthritis. He was admitted to the ICU for alcohol withdrawal, altered mental status (AMS), and sepsis in the setting of septic arthritis, with gram-positive cocci identified on ankle aspiration. [...]