Portal Vein Thrombosis and Pyogenic Liver Abscess With Concomitant Bacteremia in a Patient With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and Brief Review.

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can present with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, including a hypercoagulable state leading to both arterial and venous thrombosis. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in the setting of COVID-19 has rarely been reported in the medical literature. Pylephlebitis with concomitant liver abscess is a rare complication of intra-abdominal infection.

Hospitalizations and inpatient mortality for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state over a decade.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe rates and trends in hospitalizations, inpatient mortality, total hospital charges, and mean lengths of stay among adult patients hospitalized for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS).

Methods: The study included NIS databases 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. These databases were searched for hospitalizations with a principal discharge diagnosis of HHS in patients with T2DM using ICD codes (25020, 25022, and E110).

Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic: Alterations in Caloric Expenditure and Body Composition.

Introduction: The Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic is a self-supported ultramarathon cross-country skiing event that traverses one of the mountain ranges of Alaska each winter. Unique aspects of this event challenge athletes with a significant amount of physical and mental stress while in the chronically cold conditions of the Arctic. Assessment of energy requirements or body composition has never been performed during this event.