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Abstract Number: 548
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old male presented with rash and fever for one month. He was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started on fluphenazine, lithium, and benztropine. Four weeks after starting these medications he developed a diffuse pruritic rash, intermittent fevers, confusion and lethargy. On evaluation the patient was febrile and tachycardic, with a […]
Abstract Number: 553
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 23 year-old man with no prior medical history presented with witnessed syncope. Patient was playing basketball when he suddenly collapsed, initially unresponsive, regaining consciousness after minutes. No seizure activity was observed. VS were BP 116/71, HR 55, RR 16, O2sat 100% RA. ECG showed sinus bradycardia with right axis deviation. Physical exam […]
Abstract Number: 602
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman with no cardiac risk factors, who was 8-weeks post-partum with an unremarkable peripartum course, suddenly collapsed at a park. Bystander CPR was initiated and the initial cardiac rhythm, which was ventricular fibrillation (VF), converted to sinus rhythm after defibrillation. While in the emergency department, she had another episode of VF, […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 19 y/o woman presents with dyspnea and chest pain that began one week ago. Dyspnea is worse on exertion. She also complains of substernal chest pain, worse upon breathing. Associated symptoms are subjective fevers, dizziness, sore throat, productive cough of green sputum and myalgias. Denies nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, rashes, exposure to […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 47 year-old female with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes presented with two weeks of dyspnea. An ECG a year prior showed normal sinus rhythm. The rhythm strip from a transthoracic echocardiogram incidentally showed complete heart block. An ECG confirmed new persistent third degree AV block. A left heart catheterization ruled out coronary artery […]
Abstract Number: 779
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 52 y.o with a past medical history of uncontrolled, untreated hypertension presented to our hospital with a 3 week history of progressively worsening lower extremity edema and shortness of breath. Review of systems was positive for hoarse voice x6 months, unintentional weight gain, cold intolerance, abdominal fullness, and cough productive of white […]