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Abstract Number: 145
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized medically ill patients is a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. About half of VTE events occur following discontinuation of standard-duration in-hospital prophylaxis and hospital discharge. The APEX study evaluated Betrixaban for in-hospital to home VTE prophylaxis and is the first FDA approved anticoagulant […]
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 […]
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: 397
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 2-year-old girl with a past medical history of hypertension and anterior mediastinal mass of unclear etiology presents to the ED with acute bruising. 2 months prior, she was admitted to PICU for fever and lethargy, AKI, hyperuricemia and electrolyte abnormalities concerning for tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), and was found to have a […]
Abstract Number: 403
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 2-month-old male, born at 32 weeks, presented with nasal congestion, fever and respiratory distress requiring supplemental oxygen. Mother reported that he was hospitalized for bronchiolitis 2 weeks ago and was discharged home on oxygen. On admission CBC, CMP, UA, CSF studies, blood and urine culture were all normal. Chest X-Ray was consistent […]
Abstract Number: 430
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and asthma who initially presented 2 weeks prior to the emergency department for right-sided facial paralysis and was diagnosed with idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy). Despite being started on prednisone and valaciclovir, 2 weeks later she had suddenly developed left-sided facial […]
Abstract Number: 474
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old man with a recent diagnosis of myasthenia gravis presented with 3 days of fever up to 103, rhinorrhea, frontal headache, mild lower extremity weakness, a mildly productive cough, and a leukocytosis to 16. As he had been started on prednisone and azathioprine 10 days prior to his presentation, he underwent […]
Abstract Number: 475
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 84 year old female with a past medical history significant for systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) presented to the emergency department with fatigue and dizziness. She had recently been admitted to the same hospital with acute kidney injury secondary to lupus nephritis. During that admission, she was started on high dose prednisone, a […]
Abstract Number: 480
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old man with a history of tobacco abuse presented with progressive left-sided neck pain radiating down the left arm with associated weakness, neck swelling, low-grade fevers, and unintentional weight loss. Nine months prior to this presentation, the patient had a C3-5 anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) to address similar symptoms. […]
Abstract Number: 511
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old Caucasian female with history of mechanical aortic and mitral valves on chronic warfarin therapy, atrial fibrillation, and questionable history of SLE was admitted to the intensive care unit for emergent splenectomy following a motor vehicle accident. After initially being sent home from a regional hospital, she was diagnosed five days later […]