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Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Community acquired severity scores are well known and used routinely in predicting mortality and risk of inpatient and ICU admission in suspected bacterial pneumonia patients. However such scores have not been studied in patients with influenza infection and influenza pneumonia. We attempted to validate one such score, CURB65 and and identify other scores that […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Community acquired severity scores are well known and used routinely in predicting mortality and risk of inpatient and ICU admission in suspected bacterial pneumonia patients. However such scores have not been studied in patients with influenza infection and influenza pneumonia. We attempted to validate one such score, CURB65 and and identify other scores that […]
Abstract Number: 309
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Obtaining the Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) is the protocolized gold standard in obtaining medication histories and well known to decrease the total number of medication errors during transitions in care. Trained technicians require an average of 15-30 minutes to collect a BPMH [2]. Our facility conducted a categorical analysis and within subject study […]
Abstract Number: 310
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Medication reconciliation programs are a well-recognized important tool in reducing medication discrepancies and subsequently decreasing patient harm, particularly at transitions of care. Medication reconciliation programs have demonstrated error reductions upward of 66% [1-4]. 39% of prescription medication history errors have the potential to cause moderate or severe discomfort or deterioration in a patient’s condition […]
Abstract Number: 372
SHM Converge 2024
Background: To address the risk of missed or delayed diagnoses, organizations need to identify and learn from their diagnostic opportunities. However, current approaches to identifying diagnostic opportunities are insensitive, resource intensive and often have low yield.(1,2) Evaluation of diagnostic trajectories can highlight diagnostic opportunities. For example, a patient may re-present to the healthcare system with […]
Abstract Number: 492
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
A RARE CASE OF REGRESSION OF TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR Sirish Dharmapuri MD, Jeffrey Gryn MD, Manasa Kandula MD, Qi Shi MD, Margie Host MD Case Presentation: This is a 53 year-old man who presented to his family physician with dull aching left testicular pain for a week, associated with back pain which was progressively […]
Abstract Number: 1176
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A term 8-month-old infant was admitted to the hospital for concerns of inconsolable crying and diffuse hypertonicity in all four extremities. Birth history was unremarkable and newborn screens were negative. Her history was significant for loss of developmental milestones at 6-7 months of age, characterized by inability to sit without support or to […]