Meeting
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Sepsis is a common and life-threatening complication of infection that disproportionately affects patients with chronic comorbidities. Timely fluid resuscitation is a key initial management strategy for reducing sepsis mortality; however, patients with serious comorbidities are often excluded from clinical trials. The Surviving Sepsis guidelines suggest that patients meeting severe sepsis criteria should be administered […]
Abstract Number: 153
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Cardiac readmissions are an ever expanding burden spanning from patients, to hospitals, all the way up to the national healthcare system. Currently, there is a lack of consensus regarding appropriate inpatient screening tests for identifying patients at high risk for readmission, as well as peri-hospitalization disease management regimens aiming to prevent readmissions. Our clinical […]
Abstract Number: 376
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old African American man with diabetes presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and swelling of lower extremities for 3 months. He reported a decline in his previously unlimited exercise tolerance to 1 block and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, with no chest pain or palpitations. He denied any toxic habits and his family history […]
Abstract Number: 386
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF), as defined as EF < 50%, and iron deficiency have shown improvements in symptoms, functional capacity, and quality of life when treated with IV iron, even without overt anemia (1). The FAIR-HF (2009) and CONFIRM-HF (2015) studies showed improvements in New York Heart Association […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Sepsis is a common and life-threatening complication of infection that disproportionately affects patients with chronic comorbidities. Timely fluid resuscitation is a key initial management strategy for reducing sepsis mortality; however, patients with serious comorbidities are often excluded from clinical trials. The Surviving Sepsis guidelines suggest that patients meeting severe sepsis criteria should be administered […]