Case Presentation: A 71‐year‐old woman on thiazide treatment for hypertension developed protracted vomiting and diarrhea for several days followed by confusion and lethargy. In the emergency department, serum sodium (SNa) was found to be 107 mEq/L Because of the severity of the hyponatremia, the patient was suspected to have both hypovolemia and SIADH as contributing […]

Background: Guidelines suggest venous thromboembolism risk stratification, and against use of prophylaxis in low risk medically ill hospitalized patients. Our hospital did not have a formal risk stratification process embedded into the electronic medical record (EMR) for provider use, and therefore it was common practice to administer pharmacologic prophylaxis to most medically ill patients regardless […]