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Abstract Number: 361
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), when integrated with a physical examination, increases accuracy of diagnosis and decreases procedural complications. Purpose: We developed the Integrated Sonographic Competency at NYU (I-ScaN) to train hospitalists in POCUS. Description: The program begins with an intensive 2-day course consisting of lectures, clip reviews, and hands-on training on humans models covering views […]
Abstract Number: 362
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: This presentation will describe a novel study started during a sabbatical year in Colombia. It will briefly cover logistics of taking a sabbatical year and then discuss the ongoing project and preliminary results. Dengue, a neglected tropical viral disease transmitted by the Aedes egypti mosquito, is endemic in Colombia and serves as an ideal […]
Abstract Number: 365
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: We have markedly expanded Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) education within our Internal Medicine residency program through multifaceted instructional interventions. But despite an increasing number of trainees familiar with PoCUS, there remains insufficient real-time clinical use and supervision due to a lack of formal PoCUS training and experience among attending faculty. Traditional PoCUS faculty development programs […]
Abstract Number: 386
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), when integrated with a physical examination, increases accuracy of diagnosis and decreases procedural complications. The principal barrier to use by hospitalists is lack of training. We developed the Integrated Sonographic Competency at NYU (I-ScaN) to train hospitalists in POCUS. Methods: The year-long program began with an intensive 2-day course consisting of […]
Abstract Number: 391
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nothing less than a paradigm shift in patient care. The technology has advanced rapidly and the competence in performing, interpreting and utilizing POCUS is extremely variable. There is often an inversion in competence with medical students and residents, in general, having more competence in this modality than many of their […]
Abstract Number: 420
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a clinical tool for cardiac evaluation of hospitalized patients but is frequently associated with a greater hospital length of stay.1 At our institution, delays in TTE completion have been attributed to a shortage of sonographers and overutilization by inpatient teams for certain clinical conditions. From January to October 2023, only […]
Abstract Number: 432
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Point-of-care-ultrasound is increasingly used as a diagnostic tool in a variety of specialties. Multiple studies have shown that POCUS may reduce time to diagnosis with similar accuracy to radiology scans (Healey, Fischer), may improve procedural safety (Cho, Rodrigues), and may reduce the need for additional studies and ionizing radiation (Soni). As such there is […]
Abstract Number: 449
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has expanded in popularity and practice amongst hospitalists, critical care physicians, and is a standard part of the emergency medicine curriculum for a multitude of reasons: increased diagnostic accuracy and speed, cost reduction, and reduced radiation exposure. Internal medicine (IM) residents are exposed to the practice of using POCUS at all […]
Abstract Number: 609
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old woman with morbid obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis was initially treated at an outside hospital for hematemesis. She received aggressive volume resuscitation, a blood transfusion, and was found to have esophageal varices. She was transferred for endovascular management of her varices. During transfer, she had nausea treated with an antiemetic administered […]
Abstract Number: 615
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 73 year-old woman with a history of recurrent pancreatitis, severe osteoarthritis presented to the ED with acute pancreatitis. On hospital day 3 she noted right shoulder pain, similar to her chronic arthritis but worse in intensity. Her examination did not reveal any abnormalities; she had severely limited ROM of motion due to […]