Background: Pain is a frequent symptom in patients who require inpatient rehabilitation. For example, 40-50% of patients hospitalized for stroke rehabilitation report pain. Further, 82% of those hospitalized for postsurgical orthopedic rehabilitation complain of at least moderate pain, and among those hospitalized for rehabilitation after acute traumatic spinal cord injury, 97% report pain at least once [...]

Background: The hospitalist role is gaining increasing presence for inpatient care, with the opportunity to care for a variety of higher acuity patient across a breadth of specialties in the hospital setting. Further examination into the types and amount of MS-DRG categories seen by hospitalists and their ordering volumes can provide a better picture of [...]

Case Presentation: A 32 year old male with alcohol abuse and Kratom use was initially hospitalized for 7 days for acute alcoholic pancreatitis and discharged with corticosteroids due to concern for alcoholic hepatitis. On day 14 of corticosteroids, he was readmitted for acute blood loss anemia requiring transfusion. Initial esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed gastric mucormycosis on [...]