The Hospitalist

Dr. Keaster

Andrew Keaster, MD, is a hospitalist with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, who also takes some shifts at the gender-affirming care clinic that he helped found. There, trans and gender-diverse people can get hormone treatments or general medical care in a safe and supportive env...

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases managed by hospitalists. In the U.S., it accounts for nearly 300,000 admissions each year, more than one million inpatient days, and an estimated $2.5 billion in healthcare costs. Although most patients recover without incident, roughly one in five develop complications such as necrosis or organ failure th...

Sir William Osler occupies a revered place in the mythos of the history of medicine, medical education, and medical practice. Because he is celebrated as the “father of internal medicine,” his legacy and practice have been claimed by hospitalists, specialists, and generalists alike. Throughout his career, he blended inpatient care and bedside teaching and promoted continuous ...

Palliative care is both a medical specialty and an art. However, the number of clinicians trained in palliative care is insufficient to meet the increasing demand for goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions.  Many hospitals lack embedded palliative care teams, which means high-need patients may go without timely goals-of-care conversations, advance care plann...

Clinical question: Does low-dose, long-acting oral morphine improve self-reported breathlessness at 28 days for adult patients with moderate to severe chronic breathlessness?

Background: Chronic breathlessness is a debilitating symptom for which opioids, and particularly morphine, have long been used for treatment. Most evidence of ben...