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Abstract Number: 287
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Bed-rest is considered essential to recovery. Functional decline in older patients is an often-overlooked riskfactor during hospitalizations. Older patients have higher 30-day readmission rates, more complications,and longer lengths of stay. Increasing the amount of walking in the hospital has been identified as a potentialsolution, with 900 steps per day identified as a target to […]
Abstract Number: 307
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) was validated in 2001. In recent years hospitals across the US have implemented the MEWS as a Rapid Response Team activation trigger. In Geisinger Medical Center the MEWS was piloted and implemented in 2011.The patient’s admission disposition is based on clinical presentation but summative objective data, such as […]
Abstract Number: 314
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Effective discharge planning requires early identification of patients’ post-acute care needs as well as potential barriers to placement. Housestaff receive little formal training on discharge planning and are instead expected to learn “on-the-go”. At the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (WLAVA) Medical Center there exists many disposition options that aren’t available to our housestaff […]
Abstract Number: 407
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Early and sustained mobilization of patients throughout admission is a goal we all strive to achieve. Inpatient immobility leads to the development of medical complications such as pressure ulcers, acute venous thrombosis, nosocomial infections, decreased muscle mass, and overall functional decline. Additionally, patients become deconditioned from their baseline and require potentially preventable additional services […]
Abstract Number: 651
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 18 year male presented to the ED with complaints of 48 hours of chest pain radiating towards the neck associated with a sensation of fullness of the upper chest. He began a vigorous bench pressing regimen about two weeks prior to admission (PTA) with last session 5 days PTA. History is remarkable […]