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Abstract Number: 103
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Although Hospice has been associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, lower costs and length of survival in terminally ill patients, it is underutilized. The primary outcome of this study was to examine the relationship between hospice enrollment status and hospital readmissions in elderly patients with solid tumors. Secondary outcomes were length of […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male presented to the emergency department with complaints of back pain for 3 weeks. He described the pain as aching and circumferential involving the sternum, right ribs, shoulders, and back. His previous medical history was unremarkable and he never had any prior imaging studies. Plain radiographs of the spine did not […]
Abstract Number: 834
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36 year old female, with known ileocolonic Crohn disease, status post total colectomy with end ileostomy, maintained on Infliximab and Azathioprine, presented with one day history of subjective fevers and fixed, non-progressive, abdominal wall rash. Two days prior to presentation she was started on Topiramate and Celecoxib for headaches and joint pain […]
Abstract Number: 901
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Caucasian woman with stage IV rectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to liver and lung presented with new onset generalized tonic clonic seizures. She was receiving her second line treatment with 5-FU continuous infusion Day number 7 of 7 of the 5th cycle. This was preceded by confusion and altered mentation since the previous […]
Abstract Number: 916
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old female presented with a history of chronic diarrhea of 3 years duration, weight loss, blood in the stool, and abdominal cramps. Past medical history was significant for hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and previous episode of perforated diverticulitis. Physical examination identified a nontender 2 cm mass in her left submandibular area with no […]