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Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders (SSRD) is an umbrella term for a wide variety of disorders commonly encountered in the inpatient pediatric setting, including conversion disorder, amplified pain syndrome, and psychogenic non-epileptiform seizures. These patients can be high utilizers of medical resources. The hospitalist is often charged with ruling out a medical diagnosis and […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders (SSRD) is an umbrella term for a wide variety of disorders commonly encountered in the inpatient pediatric setting, including conversion disorder, amplified pain syndrome, and psychogenic non-epileptiform seizures. These patients can be high utilizers of medical resources. The hospitalist is often charged with ruling out a medical diagnosis and […]
Abstract Number: 241
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Over the course of several months, five adolescent patients were admitted to the hospital after intentional self-injurious behaviors involving foreign body ingestion. These patients were previously living in residential treatment centers, and via social media alerted each other of the benefits of being admitted to a children’s hospital including: private rooms/bathrooms, individualized attention, attendance […]
Abstract Number: 433
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Hospitalization is known to be an opportune time to initiate cessation interventions, and interventions with sustained postdischarge contact may increase the relative likelihood of cessation by 65% compared to usual care. Additionally, compared to physicians and nursing staff, clinical […]