Meeting
Abstract Number: 238
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60‐year‐old woman presented with acute shortness of breath at rest requiring intubation. She denied any preceding fever, chills, chest pain, or diarrhea. Her medical history included stage IV gallbladder cancer treated with 6 cycles of gemcitabine. The last dose of chemotherapy was completed 1 month prior to presentation. She was afebrile and […]
Abstract Number: 238
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The use of imaging is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients with about two images performed on every hospitalized patient (Levin et al). While imaging is utilized for specific indications, incidental findings are common with 45.0% of chest CTs resulting in incidentalomas (O’Sullivan et al). Lack of appropriate follow up to incidental findings (IFs) leads […]