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Abstract Number: 123
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Studies indicate that physicians do not clean their stethoscopes regularly, and stethoscope surfaces become contaminated with bacteria. Neither the frequency with which stethoscopes deserve cleaning nor simple, practical cleaning approaches have been well-established for hospitalists or other inpatient clinicians. Our aim was to determine bacterial contamination of stethoscopes directly from a hospital doctor’s white […]
Abstract Number: 125
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) experience large burdens of morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs. Over a third of patients with diabetes will develop DFUs in their lifetime; and almost half of these patients subsequently develop diabetic foot infections (DFIs). Although it has been reported that obese patients with diabetes do not have higher […]
Abstract Number: 131
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Infectious disease-related factors that may contribute to or complicate falls have received relatively little attention in the literature. Specifically, the prevalence of coexisting systemic infections (CSIs) in patients presenting with a fall and admitted to the hospital has not been previously reported. We, herein, describe the scope and characteristics of CSIs in hospitalized patients […]
Abstract Number: 139
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Sepsis research is limited by heterogeneity and inaccuracy of patient identification. An ideal identification algorithm would broadly define a population with suspected infection to optimize discrimination and provide real-time identification of high-risk populations for potential interventions. We combined clinical and administrative to identify a population of adults hospitalized with suspected infection and examined characteristics […]
Abstract Number: 141
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Despite detailed Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) skin and soft tissue infection guidelines, patients with cellulitis at our institution consistently receive antibiotics with high local resistance or that are inappropriate based on IDSA guidelines. Our baseline data showed that 55 percent of patients receive antibiotics per IDSA guidelines and only 33 percent of […]
Abstract Number: 143
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Multi-lumen (ML) peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are associated with increased risk of central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), venous thromboembolism (VTE) and increased cost compared to single lumen (SL) PICCs. Current guidelines recommend minimizing the number of PICC lumens. However, there is a paucity of literature to guide the selection of SL […]
Abstract Number: 145
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The management of cellulitis in young infants has not been well-studied and appears to be largely variable. Infants with cellulitis often present without fever and only skin findings, with only a small minority having invasive infection. There is no consensus on the need for admission and further workup, such as a lumbar puncture. The […]
Abstract Number: 146
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Infants ≤ 60 days of age with a urinary tract infection (UTI) are a challenging population. Without clear guidelines for management, there is variability in renal imaging and antibiotic use. Our study examined patterns of renal imaging and antibiotic use in infants ≤ 60 days of age with UTI at a tertiary care children’s […]
Abstract Number: 154
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Standard risk prediction tools including the quick-Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) have been validated using in-hospital outcomes (mortality [Died-Hosp] or intensive care unit stay >72 hours [ICU72]). Yet, risk models are often applied to predict outcomes beyond hospitalization, and it is unclear what effect outcome selection has on model performance. We derived independent robust […]
Abstract Number: 155
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.