Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This […]

Background: There are various reasons why physicians order laboratory tests. In teaching institutions and academic centers, residents often order many unnecessary tests for patients. Earlier studies have shown that in many cases test‐ordering behavior lacks efficiency, resulting in excessive laboratory utilization. Throughout the years various attempts have been made to improve this situation with mostly […]

Background: Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for thromboembolic complications. We hypothesized that using an implantable loop recorder (ILR) may help for identification of occult AF in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Methods: We report the early results from a prospective study that monitors patients with cryptogenic stroke/TIA for 2 years after loop […]

Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with coagulation disorders when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This retrospective […]

Background: Although procedural sedation has been proposed as a core competency for pediatric hospitalists (PHs), little sedation training is given during pediatric residency. Most PHs are trained on the job and may have received only a didactic lecture on procedural sedation medications along with supervised sedation training. In general, children who need procedural sedation are […]

Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This […]