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Abstract Number: 512
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 53 year old Russian man with no significant past medical history initially presented to an ophthalmology clinic with two days of progressively worsening, near-total left visual field loss associated with a one-week duration of fever, chills, and cough. He was diagnosed with bacterial endophthalmitis. His vitreous fluid was sampled, and he was […]
Abstract Number: 596
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 53 year-old man with a history of sickle cell trait and stroke presented with subacute, progressively worsening generalized abdominal pain and distension. He had recently been diagnosed with cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis at an outside hospital. Physical examination was notable for scleral icterus and a nontender, moderately distended abdomen with bulging […]
Abstract Number: 620
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 53 year old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the ED with hyponatremia and elevated LFTs after a week of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient had a previous drinking history of a 12-pack of beer per day, denied IV drug use and any recent travel outside of Texas. Determined […]
Abstract Number: 656
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: An 18 year old male with no past medical history presented with one month history of nausea and vomiting, 10 pound weight loss, and abdominal pain. Vital signs were normal and physical exam only remarkable for mild tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. Admission labs were notable for leukocytosis (WBC 14) […]
Abstract Number: 748
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 53 year old Chinese female with no PMH presented with 1 week history of nausea, abdominal pain, fever, chills and fatigue. Abdominal pain was not related to food and she denied headache or visual complaints. She is a native of Shanghai, China and moved to the USA 16 years ago. Patient reported […]