Recent Submissions

  • Non-Caucasian race, chronic opioid use and lack of insurance or public insurance were predictors of hospitalizations in cyclic vomiting syndrome 

    Kanagala, Vikram; Bhandari, Sanjay; Taranukha, Tatyana; Rein, Lisa; Brazauskas, Ruta; Venkatesan, Thangam (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021-01)
    "Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic disorder of gut brain interaction (DGBI) characterized by recurrent episodes of vomiting and is diagnosed with Rome criteria (1). CVS is treated with prophylactic medications ...
  • Missed opportunities : the case for inpatient lung cancer screening 

    Johnstone, Joe; Covey, Andrea (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021-01)
    "Over the past twenty years, the hospitalist field has grown from an uncommon metropolitan profession to a ubiquitous, broad specialty focused on the rapidly evolving field of inpatient medicine 1. Hospitalists are no ...
  • Voriconazole-induced Periostitis 

    Wilden, Ana; Bran, Andres (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021-01)
    "CASE: A woman in her 60s presented with complaints of severe multifocal bone pain, including the shoulders, sternum, and hips, which had persisted for several months. Two years earlier, the patient had undergone heart ...
  • Pyogenic liver abscess and gastrointestinal lemierre syndrome due to fusobacterium nucleatum 

    Hitchcock, Nicole; Nelson, Taylor B. (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021-01)
    Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) affects men disproportionately to women and is occurring with increasing incidence. The mortality associated with PLA nears 15% in the Western world. PLA constitutes a significant number of ...