Meeting
Abstract Number: A16
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Interhospital transfers are shown to be associated with increased length of stay (LOS), mortality, and discharge to facility.[1,2] Delirium has been associated with similar outcomes.[3] Our prior data showed that interhospital transfers had 1.91 times the risk of delirium when compared to ED admissions. We hypothesized that an interaction between admission source, namely interhospital […]
Abstract Number: H47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male with hypertension, CAD s/p CABG, atrial fibrillation on oral anticoagulation, type 1 diabetes s/p pancreatic and renal transplant in 1999 on maintenance Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate presented to the ED complaining of severe headache and confusion. He was very agitated and unable to follow commands. At one point, he was sitting […]
Abstract Number: 1110
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old woman presented for an elective multi-level lumbar laminotomy for the treatment of chronic back pain secondary to spinal canal stenosis. Her medical history included hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. She reported a history of depression, which was well controlled on paroxetine. She denied using drugs, stated she quit tobacco decades prior, and reported […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Delirium is a common complication within the hospital setting with nearly one in three older patients experiencing it during hospitalization. Reduction in delirium is associated with decreased falls, decreased distress of patients and caregivers, and decreased length of stay as a result. Identification and reduction of delirium, therefore, is of the utmost importance to […]