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: 137
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Transitions of care, whether between or within institutions, are an important source of errors, inefficiency, and unnecessary costs. Inter-hospital transfers are complicated by incongruent information systems, indirect and asynchronous communication, and geographical distance all in settings of high patient complexity and acuity. We developed a large database of patients transferred between hospitals to identify […]
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: We present a 44 year-old male with a diagnosis of Chronic Lyme Disease (CLD) who presented after a recent course of antibiotics with shortness of breath for three months. He revealed a six year history of losing strength in his arms and legs. Due to agitation, he was given lorazepam, diazepam, and morphine […]