Meeting
Abstract Number: 480
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: Patient 1. A 71-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with 3 weeks of general malaise and subjective fevers after a trip to Connecticut. Her exam was notable for hypotension, as well as pallor of the skin and conjunctiva. Laboratory evaluation revealed a hemoglobin of 7.8 g/dL, […]
Abstract Number: 505
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 71 year old woman with a history only significant for Lyme disease in 2005 presented with complaints of malaise and fatigue for two weeks. One week prior to admission, the patient was evaluated by her physician who prescribed a course of doxycycline, after recognizing the patient was bitten by a tick in the […]
Abstract Number: 581
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old female with no significant PMH presented with diarrhea, chills, and hematuria. One week prior to admission, she developed profuse, watery, non-bloody diarrhea three hours after consuming raw oysters. The next day, she developed headache and chills. She presented to the ED four days prior to admission, treated with IVF, and discharged […]