Oral Cancer Risk and Screening Prevalence Among Hospitalized Women.

Background Oral cancer screenings are often on the back burner in the face of other cancer screenings. In high-risk individuals, early detection of oral cancer has a better prognosis and survival. Hospitalization may offer an opportunity to target high-risk populations.

Elements Influencing Recruitment and Retention of Millennial Hospitalists Born in or after 1982: a Survey-Based Study.

Background: Hospitalist turnover is exceedingly high, placing financial burdens on hospital medicine groups (HMGs). Following training, many begin their employment in medicine as early-career hospitalists, the majority being millennials.

Objective: To understand what elements influence millennial hospitalists' recruitment and retention.

The effect of racial and gender concordance between physicians and patients on the assessment of hospitalist performance: a pilot study.

Background: Lack of racial concordance between physicians and patients has been linked to health disparities and inequities. Studies show that patients prefer physicians who look like them; however, there are too few underrepresented minority physicians in the workforce. Hospitalists are Internal Medicine physicians who specialize in inpatient medicine.

All that glitters is not gold: A case of lanthanum carbonate aspiration.

Introduction: Foreign body aspiration is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly hospitalized patients. These are typically small items that patients have access to, including small coins.

Case Presentation: This is a case report of a 75-year-old man recently bedridden from a large hemispheric stroke with sudden onset of hoarseness, cough and dysphagia.

A Nationwide Study of the Impact of Dysphagia on Hospital Outcomes Among Patients With Dementia.

Objectives: To assess the impact of dysphagia on clinical and operational outcomes in hospitalized patients with dementia.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: 2012 Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Patterns and predictors of proton pump inhibitor overuse among academic and non-academic hospitalists.

Objective: In the hospital setting, several studies have reported proton pump inhibitor (PPI) overuse, a majority of which is continued after discharge. In addition to being expensive, PPIs are associated with an increased risk of infections, osteoporosis and serious drug interactions. We examined the trends and predictors of PPI guidelines non-compliance among academic and non-academic hospitalists in USA.