Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia Masquerading as a Lung Mass.

Lung masses are becoming more common, and although most are tumors, benign or malignant, some are not solid masses. Many pathologies can present as lung nodules, including lung cancers, hamartomas, lung abscesses, granulomas, and eosinophilic pneumonia, to name a few. A 40-year-old woman with a long history of smoking presented with cough and left-sided chest pain.

A Case of Failed Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Oral Anticoagulant in the Prevention of Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) or strokes cause focal neurological deficits, which may be due to rupture or occlusion of blood vessels supplying areas of the brain. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an independent and significant risk factor for ischemic CVA, mainly via the embolic pathway. This is evident as newly diagnosed patients with AF are typically started on anticoagulation therapy if their CHA2DS2-VASc score is equal to or greater than two.

Passive social health surveillance and inpatient readmissions.

Objectives: To determine whether self-identified social needs, such as financial assistance with utilities, food programs, housing support, transportation, and medication assistance, collected using a passive social health surveillance system were associated with inpatient readmissions.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, retrospective observational study.

Methods: This retrospective observational study linked social service referral data collected from a call center-based passive social health surveillance system with healthcare claims data extracted from a managed care organization (MCO).

Trends in Demographics, Hospitalization Outcomes, Comorbidities, and Mortality Risk among Systemic Sclerosis Patients.

Objective This study determines trends in demographics and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted for systemic sclerosis (SScl) and evaluates the differences between comorbidities. Methods The study used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for the years 2010-2014. We identified SScl as the primary diagnosis and the associated medical and psychiatric comorbidities using validated International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes.