Meeting
Abstract Number: 100
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Diagnostic MR imaging of osteomyelitis in the hospital setting continues to guide patient care and treatment when plain films are inconclusive. However, even MRI with gadolinium can be non-specific in patients with other forms of sterile inflammation, leading to overtreatment in the form of invasive procedures and lengthy antibiotic regimens. Ferumoxytol is an iron […]
Abstract Number: 413
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old man with a history of previously treated prostate cancer presented with two weeks of low back pain. The pain had progressed and was now associated with bilateral lower extremity shooting pain and weakness. He denied bowel or bladder incontinence or saddle anesthesia. He was found to be afebrile with normal vital signs, poor dental […]