Meeting
Abstract Number: 1
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Multidisciplinary rounds (MDRs) or discharge huddles in the hospital were developed to enhance safety and streamline discharge by improving communication between members of the patient care team. Despite efforts to coordinate care around a single brief daily meeting, multiple aspects of the patient’s care can change throughout the day. Keeping all members of the […]
Abstract Number: 495
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 57 year-old African-American male with past medical history of osteoarthritis, opioid dependence secondary to arthralgia, and chronic bilateral lower extremity venous thrombi secondary to both protein C and protein S deficiency, presented with acute altered mental status resulting from synthetic cannabinoid intoxication. The pain was so severe; he was only able to tolerate […]