Meeting
Abstract Number: 306
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 42‐year‐old man presented with nausea, vomiting and periumbilical abdominal pain of a few hours' duration. Patient also had nonbloody diarrhea. He denied viral prodrome, sick contacts, recent travel, food poisoning, or any recent antibiotic use. Medical history was significant for TB adenitis (treatment completed) and HIV, with last CD4 count of 28 […]
Abstract Number: 306
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Inter-hospital transfer (IHT, the transfer of patients between hospitals) exposes patients to risks of discontinuity of care, including errors in communication. However, the association between communication among providers during IHT and patient outcomes has yet to be rigorously studied due to limitations of administrative data to adequately capture quality of communication. In this study, […]