Meeting
Abstract Number: P45
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 38 year old man presented to the ED noting 12 days of yellowing of his eyes and 3 days of abdominal pain and swelling. He endorsed subjective fevers and noted drinking 8 beers daily. He immigrated from Mexico 12 years ago. Exam showed tachycardia, tachypnea, scleral icterus, and distended abdomen with fluid […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Prior studies have found racial disparities in how patients are assessed for pain and prescribed opioids from emergency department and surgical settings. However, we do not know whether similar disparities exist among general medicine inpatients. We examined opioid prescriptions at discharge among adults admitted to the general medicine service at our medical center, with […]