Meeting
Abstract Number: 369
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Efforts to improve value within hospitals must engage frontline clinicians to enhance organizational culture. Culture surveys have been used to drive improvements, but currently no such tool exists for measuring high-value care culture. We aimed to develop a High-Value Care Culture Survey (HVCCS) that can be used by hospitalist leaders and residency programs to […]
Abstract Number: 474
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man presented to his primary care provider’s office but could not recall reason for his visit. Over the past year, there had been numerous instances of similar forgetfulness, oftentimes upon completing routine activity without additional symptomatology. Medical history was notable for factor V Leiden, hypothyroidism, and transient ischemic attacks. Physical examination […]
Abstract Number: 670
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59 year old man with no past history presented with continuous gingival bleeding for 3 days. He underwent dental cleaning and tooth extraction 3 days prior and since then had been having bleeding from the extraction site associated with headache and dizziness. On presentation blood pressure 110/70mmHg, pulse 105/min, temperature 98F, respiratory […]
Abstract Number: 742
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 48 year-old woman presented to the emergency room with dizziness following five episodes of black stool. She had otherwise been well and denied prior episodes. Her admission labs were notable for hemoglobin of 6.2 g/dL, white blood cell count of 24,000/uL, and platelets of 1.4 million/uL. On chart review, the patient had […]