Meeting
Abstract Number: 128
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Increased asthma and obesity prevalence are independently associated with health disparities. This study sought to examine the relationship between these two conditions, particularly within the pediatric population at a major inner city teaching hospital. Methods: Patients aged 3 to 18 with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma and at least one hospital encounter for an […]
Abstract Number: 808
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male presented with 4 months of fatigue, low-grade fevers, night sweats, dry cough, and a 10-pound weight loss. He also recalled developing a central ulcerating pustular lesion on his right anterior shin a few months ago, that spontaneously resolved. Significant history included chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis requiring 4 nasal polypectomies, […]