Meeting
Abstract Number: 114
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the most common causes of hospitalization in the United States. Intravenous hydration with normal saline (NS) is the most commonly used fluid for resuscitation. Recent studies have shown better outcomes with the use of more pH balanced fluid-like ringer’s lactate and Plasmalyte (PL). We conducted a retrospective cohort […]
Abstract Number: 182
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Asthma and bronchiolitis are the most common respiratory ailments affecting pediatric patients worldwide. Management guidelines have been developed in an effort to standardize the treatment of these patients. Nowhere in these guidelines (both the 2007 Expert Panel Report 3 Guidelines for the Management of Asthma and the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for […]