Journal of Hospital Medicine
National trends in pathogen‐specific diagnoses and outcomes among hospitalizations for infectious diarrhea
Abstract Background The diagnostic evaluation of infectious diarrhea has evolved with increasing adoption of multiplex gastrointestinal nucleic acid amplification tests and changing diagnostic strategies for Clostridioides difficile . Objectives We aimed to assess changes in inpatient pathogen‐specific documentation rates and clinical outcomes on a national level. Methods We performed a retrospective cross‐sectional study using the National Inpatient Sample from 2016 to 2023. Adult hospitalizations with a primary d …