Meeting
Abstract Number: 624
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old-male with history of diabetes type 1 and renal transplant on immunosuppression presents with 2 weeks of weakness, anorexia, and cough. Initial exam revealed temperature 102.8 but was otherwise normal. He was started on empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics. Two days after admission, he was found obtunded and dysarthric. He suffered an aspiration event [...]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 23 year old female with a history of ovarian torsion, s/p ovarian cystectomy, presented to the emergency department in status epilepticus. Over the past week, the patient experienced a rapid deterioration in behavior associated with visual/auditory hallucinations, and panic attacks. The patient was afebrile, blood pressure of 135/70, heart rate of 120, and [...]