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Abstract Number: 525
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old Hispanic female presented to our hospital with a 2-day history of abdominal pain which began abruptly and was associated with fevers, chills as well as intermittent nonproductive cough which had been present since her last episode of pneumonia about 6 months ago. She was admitted to the ICU for management of […]
Abstract Number: 737
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old Hispanic woman presented with 5 days of subjective fevers, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, and right-sided abdominal pain. On presentation, she was febrile with borderline hypotension and tachycardia, abdominal tenderness, and laboratory values notable for leukopenia and transaminitis with direct hyperbilirubinemia. The patient received vancomycin, cefepime, metronizadole, and intravenous fluids per sepsis protocol. She was intubated […]