Meeting
Abstract Number: 400
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old Hispanic male with no past medical history was brought to ER status post fall after sudden onset of muscle weakness in extremities. He experienced mild intermittent muscles cramps and soreness while he was driving a car prior to the onset of the weakness. He had history of similar but lower […]
Abstract Number: 562
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 year-old man, medically free but experiencing chronic left hip pain from a work-related injury, received a Trigger Point Injection (TPI) with Methylprednisolone and Bupivacaine. Within 12 hours he presented with severe hypokalemic paralysis. The TPI targeted the left iliopsoas tendon and was administered using ultrasound guidance. There were no immediately perceived […]