Recurrent Gastrointestinal Near-Tetraploid Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Causing Intussusception and Ileal Ulceration.

Polyploid karyotypes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are rare and carry a poor prognosis. Extranodal polyploid lymphoma is uncommon. A 71-year-old man with back pain was found to have ileal intussusception.

Factors Associated With Health Care Utilization of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in New York State.

Background: The incidence of infection due to Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and subsequent economic burden are substantial.

Goals: The impact of changing practice patterns on demographics at risk and utilization of health care resources for recurrence of CDI remains unclear.

Study: A total of 291,163 patients hospitalized for CDI were identified from 1995 to 2014 from the New York SPARCS database.

Patient Acuity and Operative Technique Associated with Post-Colectomy Mortality Across New York State: an Analysis of 160,792 Patients over 20 years.

This study sought to characterize in-hospital post-colectomy mortality in New York State. One hundred sixty thousand seven hundred ninety-two patients who underwent colectomy from 1995 to 2014 were analyzed from the all-payer New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database. Linear trends of in-hospital mortality rate over 20 years were calculated using log-linear regression models.

Factors Associated with Repeated Health Resource Utilization in Patients with Diverticulitis.

Conservative management trends in diverticulitis may lead to increased hospitalizations secondary to repeated attacks. The study aimed to characterize trends in management and risk-assess patients with diverticulitis that required multiple admissions to identify high utilizers. A total of 265,724 patients with diverticulitis were identified from 1995 to 2014 from the New York SPARCS database.

20-Year Trends in the Management of Diverticulitis Across New York State: an Analysis of 265,724 Patients.

Introduction: Management of acute diverticulitis (AD) has considerably changed over time. This study evaluates practice patterns for diverticulitis across demographic populations in New York State.

Methods: Two hundred sixty-five thousand seven hundred twenty-four patients with acute diverticulitis were analyzed from 1995 to 2014 from the New York-Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System database.