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Abstract Number: 984
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old woman presented with 15 minutes of sharp, substernal chest pain four days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. Blood pressure was 158/84 mmHg, and the rest of the vitals were within normal limits. Labs and physical exam did not meet diagnostic criteria for preeclampsia. EKG and serial troponins were normal. CT scan […]
Abstract Number: H20
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Academic promotion in Hospital Medicine (HM) can be limited by lack of senior mentorship and limited opportunities for early/mid-career (EMC) academic hospitalists to develop national collaborations. Purpose: To provide opportunity to EMC academic hospitalists to showcase institutional best practices in an effort to gain national exposure/reputation, enhance academic portfolio, and foster networking amongst participating […]
Abstract Number: K36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old Hispanic male with a past medical history of well-controlled hypertension, Pre-diabetes, class 3 obesity, unprovoked Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) progressing to pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosed 6 months ago, treated with apixaban, presented to the ED with 2 weeks history of progressively worsening dyspnea, dry cough and orthopnea. Denies any chest pain, […]
Abstract Number: L17
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Considerable resources are expended by academic divisions of hospital medicine (HM) to recruit and retain physicians that will be successful. Despite the high stakes for the institution and candidate, there is a lack of data to guide these decisions. Suppositions regarding what attributes contribute to success predominate. We evaluated the relationship between factors known […]
Abstract Number: N48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 65-year-old man with a history of prostate cancer who presented with a 3-day history of fatigue and shortness of breath. Initial diagnostic work-up revealed a hemoglobin of 7.8 g/dL (10.1 g/dL the day prior), normal platelets, and an indirect hyperbilirubinemia. Lactate dehydrogenase was elevated, haptoglobin was undetectable […]
Abstract Number: 1004
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman with a history of asthma presented with progressive shortness of breath and acute onset chest pain. Following a severe asthma exacerbation, she reported increasing dyspnea on exertion that slowly worsened over the subsequent 2 weeks, which she attributed to her asthma. On the day of presentation, she reported mild, asthma […]
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Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hospital medicine is the fastest growing subspecialty within internal medicine, growing from 10,000 hospitalists in 2002 to over 50,000 in 2016. Despite this growth, there remain relatively few hospitalists who are clinician investigators. We sought to quantify the number of clinician investigators, their dedicated time for research at major United States academic medical centers, […]