Meeting
Abstract Number: 195
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Each year, 14 million Americans are diagnosed with HPV and 33,700 Americans are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV. The HPV vaccination can prevent 92% of these cancers. In 2018 only 42.74% of adolescents in Wisconsin ages 13-18 had completed the HPV series and only 56.47% had received the first dose. Hospitalization represents […]
Abstract Number: 195
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65‐year‐old woman presented with acute right flank pain. A CT scan of her abdomen revealed a 4.7‐cm right renal infarction. The patient was hospitalized for 5 days during which her pain resolved. Her workup found no evidence of atrial fibrillation, intracardiac thrombus, or inheritable hypercoagulable state. The decision was made to empirically […]