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Abstract Number: 213
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Anticoagulants are among the highest-risk medications in hospitalized patients. Studies have demonstrated that a majority of in-hospital anticoagulant adverse drug events are not only preventable, but are the result of excessive dosing. This is especially true for warfarin dosing, which is complicated by a lack of consensus among validated initial dosing nomograms. As part […]
Abstract Number: 262
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are the mainstay of treatment and symptomatic remission in GERD. Recently, PPI over-utilization has been a major concern due to associated increased risk of adverse events and unnecessary healthcare cost. Internal Medicine residents treat patients with GERD and prescribe a significant amount of PPI. However, very few studies have assessed […]
Abstract Number: 283
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Geographic information science and technology (GIST) is an academic field that explains the importance of geospatial data and analysis. GIST is a powerful tool that has been successfully implemented to help address a number of significant health issues ranging from disease management to improved services. In this study, we have used GIST to help […]
Abstract Number: 354
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Proton Pump Inhibitors are widely misused in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. Often, they are initiated and continued for reasons that do not follow best practice guidelines. Purpose: A Proton Pump Inhibitor Stewardship Committee was created to address this problem as part of a Quality Improvement project. The goal was to determine the […]
Abstract Number: 788
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old female presented to our hospital with diffuse, severe, and crampy abdominal pain for 1 week associated with generalized weakness and fatigue. She has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and scleroderma (maintained on prednisone and mycophenolate) complicated by GERD (maintained on pantoprazole). On physical exam her temperature […]
Abstract Number: 799
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman with a past medical history notable for thyroid cancer status-post thyroidectomy complicated by hypoparathyrodism presented with muscle spasms in her hands and feet for two days. Four days prior to admission she reported bloating and heartburn for which she reports taking an unknown quantity of lansoprazole and an H2 blocker. […]
Abstract Number: 875
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 46 year old woman presented with 1 week of bilateral lower extremity tingling, numbness, abnormal gait, leg spasms and impaired concentration. Exam revealed a disheveled, confused appearing Caucasian woman with a spastic, unsteady gait. Pupils, cranial nerve testing and upper extremity neurological exam was intact. Muscle tone was spastic; reflexes brisk 3+ and […]
Abstract Number: G34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Discussion45-year-old male with history of HIV on Antiretroviral and treated syphilis presented with painful oral lesions and difficulty swallowing which started several days after being placed on Nitazoxanide, Doxycycline, Levaquin, and Omeprazole for diagnosis of Helicobacter Pylori via Endoscopy done for diarrhea. He was given fluconazole for presumed thrush during ER visit. His […]