Meeting
Abstract Number: 33
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: It is important to understand knowledge about diagnostic error, such as cognitive bias and heuristics, for preventing a diagnostic error. However, it is unclear whether Japanese residents learn this knowledge. We aimed to assess diagnostic error knowledge in residents throughout Japan and compare it to the benchmark of the previous US score. In addition, […]
Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and recently detected pancreatic “cancer” presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and significant weight loss. Two weeks prior he presented to another hospital with laboratory values indicating obstructive jaundice and initial concern for pancreatic cancer. No mass was seen by Computed Tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis. […]
Abstract Number: 785
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 40 year old diabetic Native American male presented with progressive confusion of a few days duration. Patient was transferred from an outside facility with concern for lymphoma due to associated lymphadenopathy and sweats. On presentation to our facility the patient’s history was significant for having a rash that developed two weeks earlier, […]