Meeting
Abstract Number: 100
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Diagnostic MR imaging of osteomyelitis in the hospital setting continues to guide patient care and treatment when plain films are inconclusive. However, even MRI with gadolinium can be non-specific in patients with other forms of sterile inflammation, leading to overtreatment in the form of invasive procedures and lengthy antibiotic regimens. Ferumoxytol is an iron […]
Abstract Number: 357
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The United States has the highest expenditure per capita and fastest growth when it comes to health care. Imaging is one of the fastest growing services in medicine reaching approximately $100 billion annually. There have been criticisms that imaging studies are often over utilized and inappropriate which results in unnecessary costs and waste. Our […]
Abstract Number: 548
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old male presented with rash and fever for one month. He was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started on fluphenazine, lithium, and benztropine. Four weeks after starting these medications he developed a diffuse pruritic rash, intermittent fevers, confusion and lethargy. On evaluation the patient was febrile and tachycardic, with a […]