Meeting
Abstract Number: 88
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Older adults presenting with trauma have worse outcomes than younger adults with similar injury severity. In 2013, the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program published guidelines that recommended geriatrics consultation (GC) for high-risk older adults. Many trauma centers implemented GC in congruence with these guidelines, but the impact on patient outcomes is […]
Abstract Number: 205
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital medicine patients with complex behavioral and psychiatric needs benefit from specific resources and training. Inability to provide intensive, longitudinal, and specialized support for patients with psychiatric needs contributes to dissatisfaction in clinical work for hospitalists, and may increase the risk for workplace violence from patients. Little is known about the prevalence of psychiatric […]
Abstract Number: 915
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old female with a past medical history of substance use, anxiety, and depression presented with one day of facial erythema. The patient reported that she woke up with facial tenderness and swelling. She also had four days of nasal congestion which improved with Nyquil. On physical exam, patient was tachycardic, tachypneic, afebrile, […]