Meeting
Abstract Number: 249
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30‐year‐old woman with a medical history of ovarian cancer in remission developed a stage 3 neuroblastoma. CT scan of the head showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass involving bilateral sphenoid sinuses that extended into the left pterygopalatine fossa, cavernous sinus, and posterior aspect of the nasopharynx. A left sphenoid sinus biopsy revealed the […]
Abstract Number: 249
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In an effort to combat the national opioid crisis, our state legislation passed House Bill 451 effective July 1, 2019. It addresses medication overprescribing to decrease morbidity and mortality from opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose. The law has several requirements including discussion of non-opioid treatment alternatives, review of the Prescription Monitoring Drug Program (PDMP) […]