Meeting
Abstract Number: H42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 30-year old woman with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome secondary to lupus with extensive arterial and venous thrombotic history presented to the emergency department with left lower extremity pain, coolness, and skin blanching for seven days. She had stopped taking her chronic anticoagulation medication two months prior to admission when she ran out of […]
Abstract Number: I12
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Clinical ethics consultation can promote ethical delivery of care by helping identify ethical questions, frame clinical decisions in the context of values, clarify policies and address the care team’s moral distress. Though hospitalists routinely grapple with ethical dilemmas, there is a paucity of literature on characteristics and value of ethics consults (ECs) in hospital […]