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Abstract Number: 169
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Elderly patients have a higher risk of developing aspiration pneumonia and have a higher risk of death if hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia. This study was conducted to confirm the effectiveness of an aspiration prevention program using the Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) for elderly patients hospitalized with acute medical illness. Methods: Starting in April 2021, […]
Abstract Number: 202
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Severe aortic stenosis (SAS) had been identified as being at elevated risk for non-cardiac surgery. However, two reports demonstrated that SAS did not increase mortality of intermediate to high risk non-cardiac surgery. The European Society of Cardiology guideline states non-cardiac surgery of low to intermediate risk can be safely performed among patients with SAS. […]
Abstract Number: 363
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) was initially described as a non-paroxysmal increase in the resting sinus heart rate in otherwise healthy individuals (1). It is most often seen in young females and rarely in the elderly (2). Herein we report a case of an elderly female diagnosed with IST. 67-year-old female with past medical […]
Abstract Number: 454
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The annual incidence of sepsis is about 1.7 million in the United States and about 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis each year. Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia seen in hospitalized patients and has shown to unfavorably alter the cardiovascular hemodynamics in patients admitted with sepsis. However there are only […]
Abstract Number: 512
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old Vietnamese gentleman without a significant past medical history was admitted to the hospital after a mechanical fall. Apart from facial pain related to the fall, the patient did not report any other symptoms. He was afebrile and hemodynamically stable. His physical examination was unremarkable. During his trauma evaluation, bilateral apical pulmonary […]
Abstract Number: 569
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old man with medical comorbidities of CAD with PCI to LAD and LCx, persistent A. fib, COPD, HTN, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus was admitted to our hospital for worsening epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. Prior to the presentation, he was treated for an upper gastrointestinal bleed secondary to duodenal ulcers. Dabigatran […]
Abstract Number: 590
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the hospital for new onset of right-sided chorea interfering with his everyday activities with no associated weakness, numbness, speech, visual disturbances, rashes, or joint pains. A full initial laboratory work-up was performed notable for non-hemolytic anemia and elevated inflammatory markers. CT […]
Abstract Number: 836
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old woman with a history of cecal perforation status post end ileostomy and subtotal colectomy in 2017 presented with intractable pain in the setting of a worsening erythematous intertriginous rash of the abdomen and labia. She reported using topical anti-fungal therapy without improvement of symptoms.Upon presentation, her vital signs were normal and […]