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Abstract Number: K42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old African American man with history of methamphetamine use disorder, hypertension, and stuttering priapism presented with 2 weeks of painful priapism. Over the past 3 months, the patient had 4 other episodes of priapism lasting 1-4 days that were treated with multiple corporeal aspirations and intracavernous epinephrine injections with temporary relief. He […]
Abstract Number: N28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: TS is a 58 year-old male with a past medical history of prediabetes, pulmonary embolism, and stage II colon cancer treated via hemicolectomy in 2016 who presented to the hospital with dyspnea and altered mental status. On exam, he was febrile to 38.6 degrees Celsius. His abdomen was distended and diffusely tender to […]
Abstract Number: N37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes with non-adherence to insulin, GERD, and daily alcohol use presented to the emergency department for three days of epigastric abdominal pain and vomiting. He had previously experienced two months of worsening nausea and epigastric fullness with eating accompanied by a 30-pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: N42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old woman with sickle cell trait and recent history of preeclampsia, pregnancy loss, and deep vein thrombosis presented to the emergency room with right upper quadrant pain. The pain was new, rated ten on a ten-point severity scale, and non-radiating. She also endorsed progressively worsening cough over several months and new, right-sided […]
Abstract Number: O10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: We aimed to represent the effects of SARS Co V -2 on kidney functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients of varied baseline GFR values staged into renal categories of one to five. Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study using data of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with acute kidney injuries. Demographic characteristics, clinical […]
Abstract Number: O32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a history of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction presented with one month of dizziness, weakness, dyspnea on exertion, and a 25-pound weight loss due to loss of appetite. On the day of admission, he had three brief episodes of syncope upon standing. His initial blood pressure was 64mmHg/40mmHg, […]
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Abstract Number: OP8
SHM Converge 2022
Background: There has been ample speculation about potential future applications of natural language processing and related technologies for clinical documentation, and yet the mechanics of clinical documentation have changed very little since the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009. Purpose: While awaiting the integration of more advanced technologies into electronic health records (EHRs), we […]
Abstract Number: P17
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Overtreatment or low value care, including overutilization of laboratory testing, has an estimated annual cost of waste of $75.7 to 101.2 billion annually. Providing performance feedback to hospitalists has been shown to be an effective way to encourage the practice of quality improvement focused medicine. There remains limited data regarding implementation of performance feedback […]
Abstract Number: P38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 56-year-old Caucasian lady with a past medical history of recurrent stage 4 melanoma presented with nausea, vomiting, inadequate oral intake and weight loss of 20lbs over several weeks. She received nivolumab immunotherapy for one year and stopped 3-months prior to presentation due to stable lesions without recurrence. She also underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) […]