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Abstract Number: F3
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Distrust of the healthcare system is longstanding in Black communities. This may especially threaten the health of the population when a highly contagious infection strikes. Perceptions, knowledge, and personal safety practices related to COVID-19 are unknown among hospitalized Black patients who distrust the healthcare system. Methods: Black patients hospitalized patients were surveyed between November […]
Abstract Number: F8
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Hospitalized COIVD-19 patients are complex and heterogenous with regards to socio-demographics and comorbidities and many patients are at heightened risk for adverse clinical outcome. Early risk stratification enables clinical decision making for appropriateness and timeliness of interventions. Since the pandemic began, more than 100 models to forecast prognosis for hospitalized patients with COVID 19 […]
Abstract Number: G3
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Rhode Island was hard hit by the COVID pandemic due to a particularly toxic combination of demographic factors. It is a densely populated state, with a large immigrant population. The populace is older, poorer, and less educated than the rest of New England. At Kent Hospital, in Warwick, Rhode Island, the first case in […]
Abstract Number: H6
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Introduction: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) expediently detects the pulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 and is predictive of patient outcomes. Although lung POCUS can be used in the diagnosis and management of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, there are no standardized scanning protocols. Furthermore, it is not known how much scanning is needed to sufficiently rule-in the pulmonary […]
Abstract Number: H7
SHM Converge 2022
Background: SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to remain a global crisis with the emergence of new virulent variants, including the recent spikes in the cases of delta variant. While RT-PCR is the diagnostic test of choice, High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) chest has been utilized to assess disease severity. We aim to study the association between bilateral […]
Abstract Number: J7
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Documentation of code status is critical to goal-concordant care. Historically, documentation rates have been low due to time, the sensitive nature of discussions, and lack of experience. The COVID-19 pandemic, due to the risk of rapid decompensation and in-hospital mortality, created an urgent need for documentation of code status preferences among patients admitted to […]
Abstract Number: M8
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with COVID-19 have been found to have increased lengths of stay and greater intensive care unit utilization compared to those without diabetes. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute diabetes emergency that accounts for a high number of hospitalizations, hospital readmissions, and healthcare utilization. Our study aims to evaluate […]
Abstract Number: M9
SHM Converge 2022
Background: We compared 1) monthly rates of hospitalizations by disease severity and heart failure types, 2) measures of in-hospital care process, 3) and 30-day clinical outcomes of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalized during COVID-19 pandemic with those admitted in pre-pandemic periods. Methods: Retrospective study of 8989 ADHF hospitalizations (6769 unique patients, mean […]
Abstract Number: N7
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)1. On February 29, 2020, the first United States reported its first death3. On March 8, St. Louis County and Missouri saw their first case4. Despite ample research coming out about COVID-19, its causes, and its […]
Abstract Number: N9
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, millions have succumbed to the infection worldwide. The virus is most well-known for its devastating pulmonary and cardiovascular manifestations, but acute kidney injury (AKI) has been frequent as well (reported incidence ranging from 0.5% to 56.9%), and has been repeatedly observed to be associated […]