Meeting
Abstract Number: 77
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Disparities in screening mammography use persist among low-income women, even those who are insured, despite the proven mortality benefit. We evaluated the prevalence of breast cancer screening non-adherence among hospitalized women and their receptivity to inpatient screening mammography as a novel approach to increase breast cancer screening rate. Methods: A cross sectional study was […]
Abstract Number: D9
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Despite the proven mortality benefit of screening colonoscopy, approximately 27% of hospitalized women are non-adherent with colorectal cancer screening guidelines. Colonoscopy is the most frequently used test for colorectal cancer screening in US. Although Medicare and most insurance plans would cover screening colonoscopy, colorectal cancer screening has not been part of usual hospital care. […]
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old cisgender man with CAD with previous stent placement on antiplatelets, beta blocker, and statin presented to the ED with chest pain for 1 day. The chest pain developed suddenly at rest and was described as a left-sided pleuritic pain with dyspnea on exertion. There were no other associated symptoms aside from […]