Inpatient Consultants: Building a PM&R Inpatient Consult Service: How to Develop Practice Guidelines for Acute SCI and BI Management

Friday, October 14, 2022

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Community Session Director(s)

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Adriana D. Valbuena Valecillos, MD

Assistant Professor, Medical Director of Inpatient Consultations
University of Miami
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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Joslyn Gober, DO

Assistant Professor, Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation
University of Miami/ Jackson Health System/ Christine E Lynn Rehabilitation Center
Miami, Florida

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Community Session Faculty(s)

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David R. Gater, Jr., MD PhD MS

Professor, Chair and SCI Fellowship Program Director
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of PM&R
Miami, Florida

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session Description: This session will be utilized to discuss tools for building an inpatient consultation service and provide practice guidelines for the management of spinal cord and brain injury patients in the acute care setting.

Length of Session: If possible, we would like the session to be 2 hours.
It will start with a short introduction followed by 5 speakers. The first speaker will discuss the steps involved in creating a respected inpatient PM&R consult service, including developing stronger relationships with internal stakeholders, interactions with admission liaisons, and establishing admission guidelines. This will then be followed by 2 spinal cord injury and 2 brain injury experts that will discuss conditions frequently encountered during the acute hospitalization that are not as well managed outside the rehabilitation setting, such as neurogenic bladder/bowel management, agitation, timing for PEG placement, and DME prescriptions.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the system based practice for establishing a PM&R inpatient consult service.
Review practice guidelines for acute SCI management.
Review practice guidelines for acute Brain Injury management.