Meeting
Abstract Number: 47
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) has been one of the most commonly used and validated prognostication tools. In addition to being a valuable resource for health services researchers, the CCI is being used in clinical practice by hospitals to identify patients at risk for poor outcomes. The use of the CCI in older adults […]
Abstract Number: 805
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A healthy 54-year-old Asian female presented with 7 days of fever accompanied by a rash that spread from her neck and face to the entire trunk and extremities for the past 5 days. She also noticed a nonproductive cough and rhinorrhea. She was given oseltamivir empirically until a negative influenza was confirmed. She […]