I believe that I was better prepared for my experience at Gouverner’s skilled nursing facility because I had my internal medicine rotation prior. I found that the style of running both floors were similar, in addition to how attendings wrote notes. However, the patient demographic that I encountered were of older age, usually aged 65…
Site Evaluation Presentation Summary: Long Term Care, Gouverner
Site Evaluation Presentation Summary For my final site evaluation, I presented on a case of a 94 year old female who came into the ED c/o mild, crampy abdominal pain associated with episodes of coffee-ground emesis and black, tarry stools that was admitted to the medicine floor of Mount Sinai before being transferred for rehab…
Typhon Report: Long Term Care
Journal: Long Term Care, Anemia in LTC Setting
Journal: Anemia in the Long-Term Care Setting Reasoning: High prevalence of anemia among residents in long-term care setting This patient was possibly anemic due to ulcers or due to another underlying issue Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the prevalence, diagnosis, association of anemia with other adverse events, and treatment…