HMS Abstracts at 2014 Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting

Several abstracts were accepted to the 2014 Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting on March 24-March 27 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Here are the accepted abstracts:

The Association Between Upper and Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Think Below the Waist

The Impact of Increasing Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medical Patients: Results from the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium

Prediction of Bleeding in Hospitalized Medical Patients on Anticoagulant Prophylaxis

Unintended Consequences of Increasing Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medical Patients

Validation of the Caprini Score for Assessment of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Medical Patients

Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Models for Hospitalized Medical Patients