Meeting
Abstract Number: 196
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with poor surgical outcomes, including infection and mortality, with higher rates of complications in patients without diagnosed diabetes (NDM) than in those with diabetes. Insulin therapy has been found to decrease the risk of infection and other adverse outcomes following surgery. It is unclear, however, whether insulin therapy for hyperglycemia […]
Abstract Number: 252
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: At our urban, academic hospital, use of outdated protocols and unnecessary variations in the care of DKA patients treated with ICU requiring IV insulin protocols have led to multiple safety events, delays in care with associated increased costs, and overtreatment of hyperglycemia with ketosis frequently resulting in unnecessary ICU utilization. After multi-disciplinary stakeholder development […]
Abstract Number: 385
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old Caucasian male presented to our emergency department with unintentional movements of right arm and right leg for 1 day. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus 20 years ago and is not compliant with his insulin regimen. His medical history is also significant for diabetic neuropathy, hypertension and depression. Physical […]
Abstract Number: 442
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We are presenting a case of a 71-year-old male patient with a history of hypertension, non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) well controlled on metformin, and non-invasive high grade urothelial bladder cancer diagnosed in 2014 treated with transurethral resection of the prostate and intravesicular mitomycin. In 2016, his bladder cancer has progressed […]