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Abstract Number: 159
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) is associated with high mortality. A recent article[1] showed that, in the setting of SBP, delayed paracentesis was associated with increased mortality. Because of the clinical ramifications of this association, we attempted to recreate this finding using our local patient population. Methods: Similar to the study that prompted this inquiry, […]
Abstract Number: 484
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 37 year old lady with history of metastatic colon cancer on chemotherapy presented with mild right sided abdominal and severe right thigh pain which began 4-5 hours prior to her presentation. She denied any preceding trauma, cough, dysuria, hematuria or any change in her bowel habits but she had associated fevers and nausea. She had her […]
Abstract Number: 506
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with a history of asthma, chronic kidney disease and hypocalcemia presented with dyspnea and hypoxemia to the Emergency Room. The patient reported cough, purulent sputum production, and fever. His symptoms began 3 weeks prior and he was diagnosed with pneumonia by his outpatient pulmonologist. He completed a 10 day course […]
Abstract Number: 700
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: An 80 year old man in ESRD receiving peritoneal dialysis who had suffered several days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea came to his nephrologist after his dialysate became a yellow, milky color. The nephrologist cultured his peritoneal fluid, and gram positive cocci in clusters were seen on gram stain. He underwent treatment with […]