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Abstract Number: 96
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Antipsychotics are frequently used in the hospital setting for managing both acute and chronic neuropsychiatric disorders. However, antipsychotics have been associated with higher rates of adverse events, including mortality, due to their association with QT prolongation, which can lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmias such as torsade de pointes, earning a black box warning for use in dementia related psychosis. Yet, […]
Abstract Number: 104
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This […]
Abstract Number: 105
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with coagulation disorders when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This retrospective […]
Abstract Number: 106
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is a commonly utilized procedure used for patients with chronic liver disease and resistant portal hypertension. Previous studies have explored the trends and short-term outcomes in TIPS procedures. This study aims to further compare short-term in-hospital outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) when undergoing TIPS. Methods: This […]
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old woman with a history of liver transplant presented to a rural hospital for evaluation of rigors, nausea and vomiting. Her post-transplant course had been complicated by HCV recurrence treated successfully with interferon and ribavirin; cirrhosis, and refractory gastric variceal bleeding for which she received a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) […]
Abstract Number: 960
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia presented with generalized abdominal pain and altered mental status. He has a history of multiple psychiatric admissions, specifically seven times in the past two years, and long-term antipsychotic usage. Most recently, he was discharged on clozapine, divaloproex, and trazodone. Initial physical exam was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 1113
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 53 year old male with history of decompensated non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis (with ascites and esophageal varices), chronic kidney disease stage 3, type 2 diabetes mellitus, colon adenocarcinoma (TNM stage: T3N1) s/p FOLFOX (folinic acid, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin) and right hemicolectomy 3 years ago was admitted from the liver clinic for acute kidney […]