Meeting
Abstract Number: 390
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73‐year‐old woman presented for further evaluation of refractory delirium. Her medical history included a remote stroke, atrial fibrillation on chronic anticoagulation, and falls. She had also recently started memantine for mild memory impairment. Three weeks ago, she had been admitted to a local hospital with new confusion. She exhibited paranoid delusions about […]
Abstract Number: 390
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is the most common hospital acquired infection and constitutes upto 40% of all Healthcare Associated Infections. Urinary catheter is used in 15% to 25% of hospitalized patients and often utilized for inappropriate indications. Daily risk of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is 3 to 7% with the use of […]