Meeting
Abstract Number: 325
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 80 year-old man presented with one day of confusion, worsened cough, and subjective fevers. He had a productive cough since emigrating from Mexico six months ago, but no complaints of dyspnea. He had a history of diabetes and stable angina for the past year. On presentation, he was tachycardic with a temperature […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 4-month-old female presented to the Emergency Department with a 10 day history of rhinorrhea and congestion, and 2 day history of labored breathing. Her exam revealed coarse breath sounds and retractions, felt consistent with bronchiolitis. A viral panel was positive for Rhinovirus/Enterovirus and chest x-ray consistent with viral airway disease. She was […]
Abstract Number: 829
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 10-year-old female with a prior history of pneumonia 8 months ago presents with recurrent right sided pneumonia. During her first hospitalization, she underwent an extensive work-up including negative HIV, TB, Coccidiomycosis, Cryptococcus, and Mycoplasma, a normal swallow study, and bronchoscopy showing lipid laden macrophages with negative cultures. She ultimately improved on Ceftriaxone […]