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Abstract Number: 212
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Numerous early warning systems (EWS) exist as potential tools to improve patient safety. Our system recognized higher than peer rates of rapid response (RRT) utilization as well as higher than desired out-of-ICU code blue rates leading to a desire to implement a EWS system. Over a three-year period we reviewed the literature, developed, and […]
Abstract Number: 216
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The first 24 hours of a patient’s hospitalization is a vulnerable time period, with many aspects of care occurring at a time when patients are at their highest levels of medical acuity. Compounding this, delays in care during the transition from the ED to an inpatient level of care could result in potentially avoidable […]
Abstract Number: 223
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Medical Emergency Teams (METs) are utilized in an inpatient setting to identify patients who exhibit signs of clinical deterioration. Patients, family, or staff activate the team by calling a Code MET when there is a change in clinical status. Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) fare worse than age-, gender-, and race-matched populations. We […]
Abstract Number: 224
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The behavioral response team (BRT) at UNC Hospitals was established in 2015 and its purpose is to bring immediate resources to bear when hospitalized patients experience acute episodes of disruptive behavior that may cause harm to themselves or hospital staff. Our BRT is a multidisciplinary group consisting of a psychiatric nurse supervisor, medical nurse […]
Abstract Number: 227
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Sepsis is the leading cause of death in US hospitals; prompt recognition and treatment are critical. Early sepsis recognition and treatment varies depending on location (ED/floor/ICU) and evaluation time (presentation vs during stay). “Sepsis response teams” (SRT) improve sepsis care. After our hospital system implemented a “best-practice alert” utilizing Epic’s “sepsis score” (SS) to […]
Abstract Number: 289
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Up to 17% of all strokes occur in patients hospitalized for another diagnosis or procedure, and in-hospital strokes complicate up to 0.06% of all admissions. In-hospital strokes carry higher mortality, longer length of stay and greater disability than community-onset strokes. Multiple factors contribute to the worse outcomes of in-hospital stroke. Prompt recognition and treatment […]
Abstract Number: 292
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: As the concept of a rapid response team continues to evolve nationwide, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the proactive monitoring of patients through surveillance tools is important to prevent adverse events. However, it is notable that the interpretation these surveillance tools require a higher level of clinical expertise and it is more and […]
Abstract Number: 305
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In an effort to improve the design of future noninferiority studies, the endpoints for registrational trials of antimicrobials for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) were recently updated [1]. Lefamulin (LEF) is a first-in-class systemic pleuromutilin antibiotic newly approved for the treatment of adults with CABP [2]. The efficacy of LEF was demonstrated […]
Abstract Number: 308
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The COVID-19 crisis has put an unprecedented strain on the US healthcare system (1). Hospital Medicine (HM) has been on the front lines of the crisis response (2). Multiple surges and troughs are expected before the pandemic subsides with a very large surge predicted for the winter of 2020-2021 (3). As the HM service […]
Abstract Number: 326
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The hospitalist role has traditionally been within the hospital setting where a dedicated Rapid Response Team (RRT) and critical care support are available to respond to acute clinical events. While hospitalist involvement in RRT/Codes can vary by institution, the academic hospitalist is infrequently the RRT/Code team leader. As the hospitalist’s scope expands to new […]