The Impact of Patients' Primary Language on Inpatient Gastrointestinal Bleeding Outcomes.

Background: The impact of English proficiency on gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) outcomes remains unclear. In this analysis, we compare inpatient GIB outcomes between patients with English as their primary language (EPL) and those with a primary language other than English (PLOE).

Methods: Using the 2019 State Inpatient Databases for New Jersey, Maryland, and Michigan, we created an analysis cohort of GIB hospitalizations using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes.

A Therapy-Terminating Event: Programmed Death-1 Inhibitor-Induced Mucositis.

Oral mucositis is a painful inflammatory response that can lead to infection, cachexia, and therapy termination. This immune-related adverse event (IRAE) has been well documented within the newly developing field of immunotherapy. This case series presents three patients, aged 73 to 81 years, who were undergoing treatment with programmed death-1 (PD-1) immunotherapy for cancer; each patient developed grade III mucositis, one after the fourth cycle and two after the seventh.