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An interesting case of anemia
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-10)
Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) deficiency can result in abnormalities in all cell lines which normalize after cobalamin replacement. Moreover, Andres et al. reported hematological findings in 201 consecutive patients with vitamin ...
HIV associated Lymphoma
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-10)
Questions: Part 1: A 25-year-old HIV-positive male presents with a four day history of fever and headache. Part 2: A PET scan was subsequently performed 2 months later and FDG-avid lesions were noted in the small bowel and ...
New sepsis guidelines
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2013-04)
A number of national groups have gotten together and issued new guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock, led by our former Pulmonary and Critical Care division director Phillip Dellinger.
Diagnostic dilemma
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2013-07)
Questions: 1) A 37 year old female is admitted with increasing dyspnea and orthopnea of 1 week duration. 2) A 68 year old male with history of hypertension was admitted with a blood pressure of 220/120 mm/Hg.
Laboratory diagnosis of infections
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2013-10)
Ever wonder what type of culture or test to order to diagnose an infection? Well, the IDSA haspublished guidelines which are arranged by anatomical site, with lots of tables that tell you what culture, Smear, PCR or serologic ...
Challenges in comparative oral epic
(2012-10)
Missouri ACP 2015 Abstract Winners
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2016-10)
Rash in a Returning Traveler
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2016-10)
Case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-11)
A 44 year-old man with a history of recurrent deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolism was admitted to the hospital with bilateral pulmonary emboli and an acute, non-occlusive DVT of the left common femoral vein. He had ...
From the journals
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-08)
Three citations with links to articles of interest to hospitalists.
Monitoring home BP readings just got easier
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2016)
Monitoring home BP readings just got easier. This novel method of identifying patients with uncontrolled hypertension correlates well with ambulatory BP monitoring. Practice changer: Use this easy "3 out of 10 rule" to ...