Meeting
Abstract Number: 118
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Guidelines recommend pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis for high risk hospitalized medical patients that do not have an elevated bleeding risk. A systematic review of randomized trials estimates the overall bleeding risk with pharmacologic prophylaxis to be low, at 1/1000 (0.1%). However, it is unclear if the bleeding events were related to pharmacologic prophylaxis […]
Abstract Number: 160
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Oral anticoagulation is effective for reduction of risk for stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, but there may be uncertainty about how to manage anticoagulation in and following an emergency procedure or after treatment of hemorrhage. In case of an emergency, anticoagulation would ideally be immediately and completely reversed, bringing […]
Abstract Number: 772
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with hypertension and smoking history presented with a gradual onset of painful, edematous feet for 4-days. She continued to develop erythema and a constant, nonradiating pain in her feet. The patient also noted an increase in her baseline dyspnea, migratory arthralgias, and recurrent sinusitis. On exam, she had sinus tachycardia, inspiratory wheezing, and edematous, erythematous feet. […]