Background: Weekend admissions have reportedly been associated with adverse outcomes and increased inpatient mortality[1]. This weekend phenomenon has been a subject of intense scrutiny and research. It has been attributed to fluctuations in healthcare personnel’s staffing and reduced or delayed access to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Patients admitted over the weekend are generally sicker than [...]

Background: Sleep is critical to children’s health and recovery, but pediatric inpatient sleep is often disrupted by nonessential overnight interruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated social distancing policies which minimized contact with low-risk patients. These policies have the potential to decrease overnight disruptions and improve sleep for hospitalized patients. Methods: This cohort study compared sleep disruptions [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old African American male with no past history presented to our hospital with paresthesias, joint pain, and leg swelling of a few weeks’ duration. On examination, fever, tachycardia, maculopapular rash involving both arms, swelling & tenderness in bilateral knee & ankle joints, and pitting edema in bilateral lower extremities were noted. Testing [...]