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Abstract Number: 349
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Choroidal melanoma, the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults, is a dangerous cancer which can lead to blindness. Diagnosed at an average age of 65 & lacking identifiable environmental or genetic factors, melanoma of the eye can affect anyone. Commonly found on routine ophthalmological screening, patients are sent to quaternary hospitals for further […]
Abstract Number: 352
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: ZHH is an inpatient psychiatric facility with an average daily census of 220 patients. It is located adjacent to LIJ, our tertiary medical center. On average, 300-400 cases are transferred from LIJ to ZHH each year, as well as 200-300 cases transferred from ZHH to LIJ. Traditionally, there were 3 internists covering medical consults […]
Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Successful hospitalist co-management programs address provider knowledge base as well as ongoing faculty skill development and education (1). With a growing liver transplant program, our institution has seen increased patient volume on the hospitalist liver service. Hospitalists and hepatologists co-manage this expanding population of high acuity patients with complex pathologies. In the past year, […]
Abstract Number: 376
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Total joint arthroplasties (TJA) are the most frequently performed orthopedic surgeries in the USA. Given the aging US population, the number of TJA surgeries is expected to grow by 559% by 2060. Additionally, the average medical comorbidity for patients undergoing TJA surgery is increasing, a trend that is expected to continue. Given both the […]
Abstract Number: 394
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Communication, availability and timeliness of evaluation (all skills of Hospitalists) are key drivers for a successful co-management service. Our Hospital Medicine Group created a Urology Hospitalist co-management program in July of 2016. We designated a core group of highly specialized urologic hospitalists (UHOS) to work closely with the urologic surgeons to coordinate and improve […]
Abstract Number: 395
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In surgical co-management (SCM), surgeons and hospitalists share responsibility of care of the surgical patients. In August 2012, we implemented SCM in Orthopedic and Neurosurgery services at our institution (Ann Surg 2016;264(2):275-282). This model is innovative because the same Internal Medicine hospitalists are dedicated year round to the same surgical service. After the first […]
Abstract Number: 417
SHM Converge 2023
Background: “Hospital at Home” (HaH) models of care have existed for over 20 years in the U.S. More recently, HaH models have evolved to include transitional care solutions to improve patients’ post-acute outcomes. Meanwhile, services which were traditionally provided only in the inpatient setting, such as elective arthroplasty, have begun to shift to same-day and […]
Abstract Number: 498
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 47 year old female with a history of depression and remote Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, presented for an elective laparoscopic gastrectomy due to hypertrophic pyloric stenosis causing complete gastric remnant outlet obstruction. Her home medications included duloxetine, pantoprazole and alprazolam. Vital signs on admission revealed blood pressure 147/83 mm Hg, pulse 80 […]
Abstract Number: 777
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 3-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with a 5-week history of recurrent fevers as well as bilateral lower extremity pain with difficulty to ambulate. Imaging of the femur revealed focal lucencies in the proximal femoral shaft. The leading diagnosis at admission was malignancy given the length of […]
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Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Trauma co-management is a growing field within hospital medicine. While improvements in quality metrics have been documented in other co-management services, the impact of co-management of trauma patients is uncertain. This study aimed to determine whether a hospitalist trauma co-management program improves clinical outcomes. Methods: This was a pre- and post-implementation study comparing trauma […]