Virtual Hospitalization at Home After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Time to Consider Our Future Community Healthcare Options.

The concept of acute hospitalization at home has been described for over 3 decades. Its scope, however, was largely limited to small experimental trials and pilot studies. The Covid-19 pandemic changed these circumstances.

Risk, Outcomes, and Trends of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Multiple Myeloma Patients from a Nationwide Analysis.

Background: Patients hospitalized with hematologic malignancy are particularly vulnerable to infection. We sought to determine the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospitalization with multiple myeloma (MM), as well as its outcomes and trends, using a nationally representative database.

Methods: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from January 2010 to September 2015 was used for this study.

Preoperative assessment and perioperative management of the patient with nonischemic heart disease.

We have reviewed important issues relating to hypertension, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias and conduction defects, and valvular heart disease in caring for the patient with nonischemic heart disease in the perioperative period. Careful assessment by history and physical examination along with targeted testing will allow the clinician to identify potential complications, provide guided medical therapy, and better utilize other resources to reduce perioperative risk.