Meeting
Abstract Number: 242
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Correctional insulin is frequently used in the hospital to optimize blood glucose levels before meals or even before bedtime. Dosages are not set and are instead scaled to the blood glucose level obtained just prior to administration. Insulin is considered a high-risk medication as dosing errors can potentially lead to serious adverse events such […]
Abstract Number: 242
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76‐year‐old woman with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a 20‐pack‐year smoking history presented with complaint of 6 weeks of nonproductive cough. Left breast cancer had been treated 7 years prior with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, without evidence of recurrence. Her cough had not improved with courses of antibiotics and oral corticosteroids […]