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Abstract Number: 141
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The subset of admitted Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) may be associated with incremental economic burden compared with other MDD patients. This study aimed to characterize and evaluate healthcare resource use, admission measures, and costs in these two groups. Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years with a diagnosis of MDD admitted […]
Abstract Number: 152
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Cost-related medication non-adherence (CRN) is a persistent and serious challenge among the elderly population in the US. For elderly patients with limited economic means at increased risk of hospitalization, CRN may elevate the risk of repeated hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and lead patients into a downward spiral of worse heath and higher non-adherence. […]
Abstract Number: 174
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Advances in technology and life-sustaining interventions afford patients access to a wider network of subspecialized care through inter-facility transfers. Implicit in these transfers are multiple complex steps that leave patients vulnerable to adverse events. The few guidelines that exist regarding the inter-facility transfer process focus on critically-ill or surgical patients, and emphasize pre-transfer communication […]
Abstract Number: 181
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: In utero opioid exposure can result in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS incidence has increased five-fold in the last decade. NAS is a serious condition characterized by central nervous system hyperirritability and autonomic nervous system and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Newborns with NAS may have several potential complications, may require pharmacological management, have increased hospital […]
Abstract Number: 187
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The care of surgical patients is becoming more complex as patients with increasing comorbidities require surgical procedures. In adult hospital medicine, co-management of complex medical patients by hospital medicine and surgery has been shown to decrease length of stay and readmission for many procedures. It remains unclear, however, which patients are most likely to […]
Abstract Number: 195
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Each year 45 million procedures are performed in the United States. For elective procedures, the preoperative evaluation is an opportunity to identify and manage risk factors that may contribute to post -operative morbidity and mortality. Increasingly thispre-operative visit has come under the purview of hospital medicine. While studies have demonstrated that pre-operative evaluations reduce […]
Abstract Number: 198
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Patients with increasing age and medical complexity are undergoing colorectal surgery. Medical complications are not uncommon, and may contribute to higher mortality. We implemented a unique surgical co-management (SCM) model in July 2014 at our institution where two SCM hospitalists were dedicated to Colorectal surgery year round. Each patient was screened daily by a […]
Abstract Number: 206
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The prevalence of delirium among hospitalized patients ranges up to 56% and results in increased hospital mortality and duration of hospitalization. Symptoms of delirium may be subtle in early stages and may present clinically as hyperactive, hypoactive or mixed type. As such delirium often evades early detection. In addition, delirium in the hospital setting […]
Abstract Number: 213
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hospital Medicine is a relatively new medical speciality that dedicates to the care of hospitalized patients and experienced an exponential growth in the United States (US) during the last years. Nowadays there are more than 50.000 american hospitalists according to the Society of Hospital Medicine. Outside the US it is still brand new and […]
Abstract Number: 226
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Our goal was to evaluate the group of patients that are admitted to the Medicine service under the care of our hospitalist team and then transferred to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) within 12 hours of admission, to see if this was a result of incorrect triage or progression of the underlying disease […]