Meeting
Abstract Number: 270
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Testing of ascitic fluid is recommended in all patients admitted to the hospital and delay in paracentesis has been shown to increase in-hospital mortality. Academic hospitalists in collaboration with internal medicine residency programs are establishing medicine procedure services to address concerns about resident training in procedures and patient safety. Our aim in this study […]
Abstract Number: 687
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 56-year-old Caucasian male who presented from an outside hospital (OSH) for recurrent chylous ascites. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with unprovoked left subclavian and left internal jugular deep vein thromboses (DVTs) and had been placed on chronic warfarin therapy. At that time, he developed chylous ascites which resolved […]