Meeting
Abstract Number: 205
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: It has been routine practice to keep patients undergoing cardiac stress testing nil per os (NPO) until the results of the test were reported. The rationale is to enable left heart catheterization the same day if the stress test is positive, thereby reducing time to coronary intervention and length of stay (LOS). Often, NPO […]
Abstract Number: 350
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hemorrhagic complications after cardiac catheterization (CC) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with an increased risk of mortality. In review of a large catheterization registry, blood transfusions were required following 1.4% of radial access and 2.8% of femoral access PCIs, respectively. While there is a standardized protocol for obtaining a blood type and […]
Abstract Number: 558
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 72 year old male presented with worsening shortness of breath and increasing oxygen requirement for six weeks. The patient had been on supplemental oxygen for the past 2 years for hypoxia. As an outpatient, right heart catheterization revealed a pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) of 76/24 mmHg, mean PAP of 41 mmHg, wedge […]
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old African-American man with no medical history presented to the emergency department after an episode of sudden onset palpitations and left sided chest pressure lasting an hour. He endorsed radiation of his discomfort to his jaw and left arm as well as accompanying diaphoresis, shortness of breath and pre-syncope. Physical examination was […]