Background: The timing of discharges of admitted patients has a significant impact on hospital efficiency and throughput. Earlier discharges are associated with improved boarding times, admissions arriving to inpatient units earlier in the day, and decreased length of stay. Discharges that occur later in the day creates a bottleneck effect, causing emergency room congestion, overcrowding, […]

Case Presentation: Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare but life‐threatening complication after surgical aortic repair and should be considered in patients with history of aortic graft placement who complains of unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding. The mortality rate of an unrecognized fistula is 100%. A 51‐year‐old African American woman with a history of uncontrolled hypertension, iron deficiency anemia […]