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Abstract Number: 114
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Obesity affects a large majority of the U.S. population, and hospitalizations may represent opportunities to intervene and promote weight loss. We sought to determine if multidisciplinary patient-centered inpatient weight loss consults, post-discharge telephone text messages, and primary care follow up could result in weight loss. Methods: We conducted a feasibility study comparing 25 obese […]
Abstract Number: 119
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Prophylactic anticoagulation is effective at reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), but can also increase the risk of bleeding. Whether anticoagulant prophylaxis should be modified for underweight patients to minimize bleeding complications is unknown. We sought to determine whether being underweight is associated with the risk of major bleeding in hospitalized medical patients […]
Abstract Number: 142
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and comorbid acute kidney injury (AKI) can be quite challenging. Many times the etiology of AKI in this setting is multifactorial and may involve cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). Arterial underfilling, sympathetic nervous system upregulation, and systemic venous congestion contribute to impaired glomerular filtration rate in ADHF patients. […]
Abstract Number: 206
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: The measurement of fluid balance (FB) for hospitalized patients has been a standard of nursing practice for many years, but its utility and accuracy is questioned in the literature. There is no gold standard benchmark for accuracy of FB measurement. From a clinician’s standpoint, FB data are essential in guiding treatment decisions. The inaccuracy […]
Abstract Number: 247
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a preventable and potentially fatal condition for which hospitalized medical patients are at risk. Compared with the more traditional option of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) has been shown to be superior for VTE prophylaxis with regard to both efficacy and bleeding risk, and to have a lower […]
Abstract Number: 415
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Two months after chronic use of an abdominal binder made for weight loss and waist shaping, a 38 year-old woman presented with anuria and amenorrhea. The patient also reported nausea, bilious vomiting, extreme sensitivity to smell, and a chronic penny-like taste in the mouth. She was found to have end-stage renal disease. Workup […]
Abstract Number: 447
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A morbidly obese, but otherwise healthy, 57 year old male, presented to his initial visit with his primary care provider with complaints of dysphagia, vomiting, and unintentional weight loss of 15 pounds over the previous month. He reported a sudden onset of vomiting after eating a large meal about a month prior. Following […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Progressive dysphagia associated with weight loss is usually related to upper gastrointestinal cancer. As a differential diagnosis, fungal infections may present with a similar clinical presentation due to upper GI lesions. Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) infection is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by the fungi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, especially important in rural areas of Latin America. […]
Abstract Number: 717
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 y/o female with no significant past medical history and long term use of phentermine for weight loss presented to our hospital with complaints of transient right sided weakness and right sided facial droop lasting 30 min. At time of presentation, her symptoms had resolved completely and review of systems and physical […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Fijean woman presented to the emergency department with three weeks of fevers, chills, weakness, watery non-bloody diarrhea, and unintentional 15lb weight loss. She had no recent travel, sick contacts, changes in dietary habits, antibiotic use, or initiation of new medications. Physical exam was significant for epigastric tenderness and hepatomegaly. Her laboratory […]