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Abstract Number: 268
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a commonly encountered challenge and is associated with adverse events and poor patient satisfaction. One of the factors that can contribute to ED overcrowding is the boarding of admitted patients in the ED. Various methods have been implemented to improve this issue with limited success. Purpose: A collaborative workgroup […]
Abstract Number: 293
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Observation units were initially intended to function as a short stay unit for lower acuity patients with specific diagnoses, however this traditional model is currently evolving. Rising health care costs and changing health care policy have resulted in an increase utilization of the observation unit and an expansion of diagnostic criteria to include more […]
Abstract Number: 294
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Hospital Medicine is a rapidly growing specialty and a higher percentage of patients are under the care of hospitalists across the country. Like other internal medicine subspecialties, an increasing number of residents have expressed interest in a career in hospital medicine and have requested an elective in the field. In prior years our Hospitalist […]
Abstract Number: 299
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in the United States. An interesting aspect of the rapid expansion of hospital medicine is the current expansion of the field beyond North America. While the health care systems, regulations and cultural norms in these nations differ, some of the reasons for the development of hospital medicine […]
Abstract Number: 365
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Altered Mental Status in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case of Anti-NMDA Encephalitis Case Presentation: 29-year-old female with a history of Bipolar I Disorder, in remission off medication, presented to the Psychiatric Emergency Department with hyperactivity, insomnia, impulsive purchasing and audiovisual hallucinations for two weeks. The patient was admitted to psychiatry for treatment of mania with […]
Abstract Number: 450
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old woman with hepatitis C-induced liver cirrhosis status-post liver transplantation, coronary artery disease and gout, presents with one week of progressive fatigue, weakness, and severe pain in her right leg and left shoulder. She was on atorvastatin for cardiac disease and had recently started Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir for hepatitis C two months prior. She […]