Meeting
Abstract Number: 168
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: There is no consensus on the management of asymptomatic inpatient hypertension. This is alarming as the prevalence of inpatient hypertension may be as high as 72%. Hypertension treatment guidelines focus on chronic hypertension in the outpatient setting and evidence for inpatient management is lacking. Aggressive treatment of asymptomatic inpatient hypertension with intravenous antihypertensives is […]
Abstract Number: 200
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), or bacterial growth on urine culture without localizing urinary symptoms, is common in hospitalized patients.1,2 ASB is often misdiagnosed as urinary tract infection (UTI) and treated with antibiotics3 despite no improvement in mortality1 and multiple harms associated with antibiotic overuse.4,5 To reduce treatment of ASB, many hospitals set urinalysis parameters (e.g. […]
Abstract Number: 426
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44-year man with history notable for illicit drug use (amphetamine, cocaine), poorly controlled HIV (CD4 count 387, HIV quantitative PCR with a viral load of 188,000) and anaphylaxis with penicillin use presented with a 1-day history of sore throat along with a 1-month history of a warm, diffuse, symmetric, non-pruritic, non-vesicular, maculopapular […]
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma with multiple rib metastases and lytic spinal lesions was receiving palliative radiation treatment when computed tomography (CT) incidentally revealed a fluid collection along the anterior cecum with pneumatosis. Cultures taken during CT-guided abscess drainage were positive for piperacillin-tazobactam-sensitive enterococcus, and the patient was started on antibiotics. His […]