Meeting
Abstract Number: 115
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Though previous studies have demonstrated that hypoglycemia is a risk factor for inpatient mortality among hospitalized patients, many clinicians may not be aware of the seriousness of this finding. The purpose of this study was to describe the most common comorbidities and outcomes of patients admitted with hypoglycemia (
Abstract Number: 540
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old Caucasian non-diabetic male with history of renal cell carcinoma, s/p left nephrectomy in 2005 and coronary artery stent placement 2 months prior and on Clopidogrel, presented with acute onset sweating and palpitations. Monitoring revealed fasting serum glucose as low as 29mg/dL with concurrent insulin level of 9,600 uIU/mL. Further investigations for […]
Abstract Number: 652
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 72 year old woman presented for evaluation of recurrent hypoglycemia for 6 weeks. Hypoglycemic episodes were almost always post prandial. She has history of gastric restriction surgery 4 years ago due to obesity and subsequently lost 100 pounds over 4 years. She has no past medical history of diabetes and she does not […]