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Abstract Number: 106
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hospitalized patients placed on contact, droplet, or respiratory isolation due to a carrier state or infection with resistant or highly communicable organisms report higher rates of anxiety and loneliness and have fewer physician encounters, room entries, vital sign records, physician and nursing notes in the chart. For these reasons, it has been hypothesized that […]
Abstract Number: 116
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) remain widely used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE). During surgical interventions, the prevention of recurrent VTE must be weighed against the increased bleeding risk conferred by anticoagulation. There is a lack of strong evidence to guide the optimal periprocedural management of anticoagulation in patients with prior VTE, and […]
Abstract Number: 117
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a life-threatening infection in patients with cirrhosis. Depending on the clinical setting, the prevalence and mortality rates of SBP in cirrhosis range between 1.5-30% and 10-46%, respectively. The purpose of this study was to assess the yearly trend in SBP prevalence, length of stay and mortality among hospitalized cirrhosis […]
Abstract Number: 119
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Previous work suggests that hospitals’ teaching status is correlated with readmission rates, cost of care, and mortality. This research has focused on conditions closely tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The extent to which hospitals’ teaching status impacts care processes for syncope has not been extensively studied. Methods: We merged […]
Abstract Number: 130
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Severe hypertriglyceridemia (triglyceride >1000 mg/dl) occurs at a rate of 0.4% and is associated with a range of medical complications including severe pancreatitis and its complications like acute kidney injury . Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is the third most common cause of acute pancreatitis especially in levels above 1000 mg/dl. It has been suggested that insulin […]
Abstract Number: 133
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Over 160,000 PEG placement procedures are performed each year in the US and 8.1% of all long-term care residents receive feeding via PEG tube. The objective of the study was to explore reasons for hospital re-admissions of long-term care residents with a PEG-tube. Methods: A one-year retrospective study of long-term care PEG-fed residents over […]
Abstract Number: 139
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Sepsis research is limited by heterogeneity and inaccuracy of patient identification. An ideal identification algorithm would broadly define a population with suspected infection to optimize discrimination and provide real-time identification of high-risk populations for potential interventions. We combined clinical and administrative to identify a population of adults hospitalized with suspected infection and examined characteristics […]
Abstract Number: 151
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hyperlipidemia is a recognized risk factor for incident acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), and no such documented association with pneumonia. However, the influence of hyperlipidemia on long-term mortality after AMI, HF, or pneumonia has not yet been fully understood. The objectives are to estimate the effect of hyperlipidemia and […]
Abstract Number: 154
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The position of the tip of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is associated with deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Optimal position of the tip is the cavoatrial junction; more proximal tip positions are associated with greater risk of DVT. EKG-guidance has recently emerged as a modality to ensure proper tip position. Compared to chest […]
Abstract Number: 168
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: There is no consensus on the management of asymptomatic inpatient hypertension. This is alarming as the prevalence of inpatient hypertension may be as high as 72%. Hypertension treatment guidelines focus on chronic hypertension in the outpatient setting and evidence for inpatient management is lacking. Aggressive treatment of asymptomatic inpatient hypertension with intravenous antihypertensives is […]