Meeting
Abstract Number: 289
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly recognized as an important adjunctive diagnostic tool in hospital medicine (HM). The incorporation of POCUS into clinical decision-making has been shown to increase the speed and accuracy of initial diagnosis, decrease procedural complications, and even increase patient satisfaction compared to usual care. It has already been widely adopted in […]
Abstract Number: 601
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, sarcoidosis in remission, and rheumatic fever in childhood, presented to emergency department (ED) with right ear fullness and bloody discharge. During ED evaluation, she was found to have junctional rhythm at 50 beats per minute without evident P-wave, prompting admission for observation and […]