Meeting
Abstract Number: 65
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The American Board of Internal Medicine suggests residents participate in a minimum of five abdominal paracentesis (AP), central venous catheter (CVC) placements, and lumbar punctures to ensure “adequate knowledge and understanding” of procedures performed by practicing internists. Competency in these procedures is poorly defined and difficult to assess. To address the need for well-supervised, […]
Abstract Number: 65
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The landmark adoption of the 80 hour work week by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), followed by shift-length restrictions has forced both hospitals and residency programs to restructure who provides acute medical care and in what fashion. Academic Medical Centers have increasingly relied on hospitalists as traditional teaching attendings, in the […]
Abstract Number: 246
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Sepsis is a systemic host response to infection that may result in significant morbidity with mortality rates from severe sepsis or septic shock reaching over 20% in most studies. Research on sepsis has focused on use of groups of sepsis specific interventions (termed care bundles) that are given in response to the declaration of […]