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Abstract Number: 362
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that correlates with the presence of bacterial infection in certain clinical scenarios; it has increasingly accepted indications for antibiotic stewardship. Most sources suggest that antibiotics should be considered for patients with suspected infection and PCT values ≥ 0.25-0.5 ng/ml; conversely, clinicians should consider withholding antibiotics for patients with PCT […]
Abstract Number: 363
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Continuous intravenous (IV) infusions aimed at avoiding dehydration are often referred to as “maintenance fluids” (MF). These infusions are common in clinical practice. Though guidelines exist for MF use in other countries (NICE 2017), there are no specific guidelines in the US. A shortage of IV fluid has existed since 2013. In 2017, Hurricane […]
Abstract Number: 365
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: As hospitals are increasingly reimbursed for value-based care, quality improvement projects addressing overutilization of routine “daily labs” have become commonplace. Although there are many published studies of daily labs reduction initiatives, there is little consensus on the actual costs of these routine labs to institutions, with most relying on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Abstract Number: 549
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 72-year-old male with history of hypertension, Stage IIIB squamous cell cancer of the right lung status post chemo-radiation presented to the clinic for a routine annual physical. He was found to be bradycardic with heart rates in the 40s and was subsequently transferred to our hospital for further management.He was asymptomatic with a […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68 year old man with past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis with recent travel to Mexico was admitted after clinically worsening at home roughly a week after a previous 10 day admission for intermittent high fevers. The patient had had a prostate biopsy 2 weeks prior to his first admission and he […]
Abstract Number: 653
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Introduction: In a hospital medicine service, how often do we come across the conundrum of a high risk bleeder who has a high risk for clot? This is one of the more common clinical scenarios that plague us as providers. A double edged sword, we talk about the dire consequences on either side […]