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Abstract Number: 358
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly being used across medical specialties, improving diagnostic accuracy in numerous medical presentations and levels of acuity. Training in these skills is currently offered through major societies, but graduate medical POCUS training in internal medicine and family medicine is not common in US residencies. Therefore, we designed a two-week inpatient […]
Abstract Number: 358
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 41‐year‐old man with insulin‐dependent diabetes and hepatitis C cirrhosis with multiple variceal bandings presented with progressive right‐sided weakness had been seen at an outside hospital 6 months prior to admission, where ring‐enhancing lesions in the left frontal lobe were noted on CT and MRI. CSF and serum analyses for toxoplasmosis and a […]
Abstract Number: 420
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58‐year‐old woman presented to our emergency room with low back pain and malaise to the point of being unable to perform activities of daily living for 1 week. She has a medical history significant for nephrolithiasis and carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency, causing one documented episode of rhabdomyolysis 16 years prior […]
Abstract Number: 420
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: UChicago Medicine (UCM) Office of Operational Excellence (OE) uses an institutional Leadership model called “Engage, Evolve, Excel” (E3L) to improve care delivery with lean, six sigma, and patient centered values. The E3L model focuses on the four domains of value creation, patient-centered care, respect for people, and continuous improvement. A hallmark feature of E3L […]
Abstract Number: 441
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28‐year‐old previously healthy Hispanic man presented for evaluation of bleeding gums and rash. Four days prior he noted mild fatigue, cough, headache, and subjective fever consistent with an upper respiratory tract infection. On presentation, vital signs were stable, and physical exam revealed petechial hemorrhages on the soft palate with bleeding gums (wet […]
Abstract Number: 441
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: POCUS is increasingly being used across medical specialties, and adds value to diagnostic accuracy for numerous pathologies and levels of acuity. Emergency Medicine providers were early adapters, providing examples of how POCUS increases patient satisfaction and diagnostic clarity (1, 2). Internal Medicine and Family Medicine have been slower to adopt this technology; however, general […]
Abstract Number: 1214
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The ACGME instituted duty hour restrictions in 2003, leading to re-organization and re-structuring of resident schedules and educational opportunities. In response to these regulations, many programs, including our institution, initiated night float rotations. After noting decreased resident attendance at didactic sessions due to this model, our institution implemented various interventions to offer educational opportunities […]