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Who Left The Hospital Against Medical Advice During The Early Covid-19 Pandemic?, Bryan Werner, Se Won Lee
Who Left The Hospital Against Medical Advice During The Early Covid-19 Pandemic?, Bryan Werner, Se Won Lee
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Background
Patients leaving against medical advice (AMA) presents a challenge to hospitals as they try to manage costs and improve patient outcomes in an ever-increasing competitive market. Investigating AMA discharges that occurred during the early COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to better understand this phenomenon and be better prepared for the future.
Methods
This retrospective analysis of 34 379 patients from a nationwide private healthcare system across 20 states analyzed patients during the early stages of the pandemic who chose to leave against medical advice (AMA) after being admitted with COVID-19 infection and identified several patient characteristics associated with …
An Interesting Occurrence Of Bell’S Palsy With Atypical Presentation After Contracting Covid-19 Infection, Yen-Chung Wang, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Christian Sanchez
An Interesting Occurrence Of Bell’S Palsy With Atypical Presentation After Contracting Covid-19 Infection, Yen-Chung Wang, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Christian Sanchez
North Texas GME Research Forum 2023
Introduction: COVID-19 has been identified as primarily a respiratory illness, however, with its clinical manifestation of involvement with multiple organs, it is now considered a systemic illness. In particular, it also can elicit a broad spectrum of neurological symptoms. One of the proposed manifestations is Bell’s Palsy, an acute idiopathic facial nerve palsy that affects the lower motor neuron. Here we have a patient with recent COVID infection who presents with a unilateral facial droop along with unilateral weakness/tingling of extremities and was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy.
Case Description: Patient is a 47-year-old male with a past medical history of …
Sars-Cov-2 Vaccination-Associated Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, Sesha Sai Kanakamedala, Feras Al-Moussally, Ramzy Daoud, Zafar Zeeshan
Sars-Cov-2 Vaccination-Associated Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, Sesha Sai Kanakamedala, Feras Al-Moussally, Ramzy Daoud, Zafar Zeeshan
North Florida Division GME Research Day 2023
No abstract provided.
New Onset Hashimoto’S Thyroiditis Associated With Severe Rhabdomyolysis After Infection With Covid19, Nova Mebane, Jacqueline M. Phillips, Cynthia Salloum, Neva Mebane, Daniel Park
New Onset Hashimoto’S Thyroiditis Associated With Severe Rhabdomyolysis After Infection With Covid19, Nova Mebane, Jacqueline M. Phillips, Cynthia Salloum, Neva Mebane, Daniel Park
Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2023
No abstract provided.