Meeting
Abstract Number: 229
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Risk stratifying patients for potential development of hospital-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important aspect of inpatient safety and is recommended by current guidelines. Many risk stratification tools are cumbersome and require significant time to complete. Developments have been made to partially or fully automate risk stratification tools, however there are restrictions within the […]
Abstract Number: 437
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old woman with recently diagnosed interstitial lung disease (ILD) presented with several weeks of progressive dyspnea on exertion and new bilateral lower extremity swelling. She was mildly tachycardic (110/min), normotensive (110/80), and hypoxemic requiring 15 liters high-flow nasal cannula. Her cardiac physical exam revealed a loudly split S2, elevated jugular venous pulsations, […]