Meeting
Abstract Number: 281
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic use is associated with bacterial resistance, adverse events, and an increased risk of Clostridium difficileinfection. However, providers often prescribe antibiotics for viral respiratory infections and treat infections such as bacterial pneumonia for unnecessarily prolonged durations. Serum procalcitonin (PCT)-guided treatment is known to safely reduce antibiotic use and duration of treatment in pneumonia. […]
Abstract Number: 658
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female with a history of hypothyroidism, type II diabetes and hypertension presented with acute on chronic diarrhea. She reported a 9-month history of profuse watery stools, up to 15 times per day. Outpatient workup including infectious stool studies, celiac panel, and allergy testing, had been unrevealing. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy with biopsies […]