Background: Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), primarily a respiratory virus, can affect multiple organs, including the heart. Cardiac complications can affect 20-30% of COVID-19 patients and lead to worse morbidity and mortality. Cardiovascular complications can include myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and arrhythmias Myocarditis is a well-known complication among COVID-19 infections, with limited large-scale studies evaluating outcomes [...]

Background: Length of stay (LOS) outliers are a focus of cost and resource utilization for hospitals in the United States. Limited research has been done to characterize outliers, risk factors, and barriers to discharge. Methods: We conducted a case-control study of inpatient admissions to the general medicine service line between September 2015 and August 2016. [...]

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female was initially admitted to the ICU for septic shock secondary to complicated Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. CT of the abdomen showed fluid in the left paracolic gutter. Aspiration and culture of the fluid was positive for Staph aureus and attributed to seeding from bacteremia. [...]