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Abstract Number: 254
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: UGIB is a common cause of inpatient admissions often associated with morbidity and an overall mortality rate approaching 10%. Since therapy is different, it is important to differentiate between variceal and non-variceal GI bleeding. While both will often need volume resuscitation, proton pump inhibitors (PPI), judicious transfusion and early endoscopy, patients with variceal bleeding […]
Abstract Number: 265
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Unnecessary Transfusions: Hospital Medicine Leading Institution Wide Change Lesley Schmaltz MD, Shalini Bhattacharya MD, Jisu Kim MD, Amir Jaffer MD MBA, Amanda Tosto RN MS, Scott Hasler MD, Manya Gupta MD Background: It is well known that excessive blood transfusions can cause harm without improving clinical outcomes. As such, an evidence based restrictive transfusion guideline […]
Abstract Number: 350
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hemorrhagic complications after cardiac catheterization (CC) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with an increased risk of mortality. In review of a large catheterization registry, blood transfusions were required following 1.4% of radial access and 2.8% of femoral access PCIs, respectively. While there is a standardized protocol for obtaining a blood type and […]
Abstract Number: 372
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: It is known that blood product transfusions can be harmful to some patients and should be administered only in medically justified circumstances (Ferraris, et al. 2015). In keeping with current recommendations set forth by multiple medical societies, we designed and deployed an electronic medical record (EMR) based Restrictive Blood Transfusion Program as part of […]
Abstract Number: 438
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation and hypertension presents to the hospital for evaluation of generalized weakness. He was found to have significant anemia with hemoglobin of 6.5 g/dL. He has had multiple admissions for anemia, and in the last year has required over twenty blood […]
Abstract Number: 556
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with hypertension, prostate cancer in remission, and recent diagnosis of lymphoma presented after experiencing a fall. Prior workup for abdominal pain, fever, night sweats, and weight loss revealed splenomegaly, anemia, and diffuse lymphadenopathy. Bone marrow biopsy demonstrated malignant lymphoma with prominent follicular helper T-cell component occupying 25-30% of the sampled […]
Abstract Number: 665
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year old female with a history of type one diabetes presented to an outside hospital with malaise, fatigue, and fever for two weeks. Her social history was notable for frequently participating in the interactive game of Geocaching in the outdoors of southeastern PA. On arrival she had severe sepsis with a […]
Abstract Number: 713
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with chronic kidney disease stage 4 from polycystic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension presented 2 days after having a peritoneal dialysis catheter placed complaining of dysphagia, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and worsening lower extremity edema. He was not known to have any prior heart or lung disease. His baseline creatinine was […]
Abstract Number: 747
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A man in his late 70s presented to the emergency department after multiple falls and new onset altered mental status. Past medical history included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage III, and previous infection with anaplasmosis over a decade prior.On clinical exam, the patient was afebrile, hypoxic, and meeting SIRS criteria with […]
Abstract Number: 780
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 81-year old healthy male from Upstate New York without significant past medical history presented as a transfer from an outside hospital with a 5-6 day history of fevers, malaise, vague abdominal pain, and worsening confusion. There was no travel outside of the local area in the previous six months. The patient was […]