Meeting
Abstract Number: 255
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Current guidelines and most experts recommend pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis for patients hospitalized with an acute inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) exacerbation. Quality measures of physician performance further expand this mandate to include patients with a diagnosis of IBD who are hospitalized for any reason. We sought to assess the risk of VTE in […]
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old Caucasian woman presented with severe vomiting and abdominal pain for three days. Her past medical history revealed that she was diagnosed in 2010 with ulcerative colitis proctitis and was recently started on azathioprine. In the past, she had received a short course of steroids, but was complicated by an increase in […]
Abstract Number: 659
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old male with history of ulcerative colitis and iron deficiency anemia presented to the emergency department with a 1 week history of progressive swelling, tenderness and erythema of a circumscribed area of his anterior chest. Similar lesions erupted over right 4th finger and right ankle 2 days prior to presentation. […]