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Abstract Number: 332
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus type 1 (DMT1) and hypertension was evaluated for severe hypokalemia on routine labs. Associated symptoms included generalized fatigue, muscle cramps, bilateral lower extremity edema. Physical exam was remarkable for moon face, bibasilar crackles, and lower extremity edema. Initial workup showed sodium of 151 mEq/L, potassium […]
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 24 year old female with uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus was admitted with bilateral lower extremity swelling and abdominal fullness. Three weeks prior she visited the emergency department, was found to have mild bilateral pedal edema, and was given primary care physician follow-up. She was initiated on a diuretic regimen; B-type natriuretic […]
Abstract Number: 411
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old woman with type 2 diabetes presented with emesis and inability to tolerate oral intake. Her symptoms had developed three days earlier, following an elective abdominoplasty and incarcerated hernia repair. Her anti-hyperglycemic regimen included sitagliptin, glimepiride, and dapagliflozin. She had stopped those medications on the day of surgery and restarted them […]
Abstract Number: 563
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old African-American female was admitted to the hospital with 3 days of bilateral calf pain, described as a severe cramping pain that started in the left medial calf. The patient first noticed the pain after walking two blocks. The pain did not subside with rest. The next day, the patient noticed similar […]
Abstract Number: 738
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old non obese African American male with the past medical history of HIV on tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz and HCV genotype 1 infection who was being treated with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir came in with complaints of increased urinary frequency, nocturia, increased thirst and fatigue of 2 weeks duration. He denied any fever, chills, dysuria, abdominal […]
Abstract Number: 752
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old African American man presented as a transfer from an outside hospital for uncontrolled diabetic ketoacidosis. Two months prior to admission he was diagnosed with ketosis prone type 2 diabetes mellitus. On presentation he had a BMI 22.6, a rash around his nose, acanthosis nigricans under his arms, Raynaud’s phenomenon and intermittent […]