Meeting
Abstract Number: 364
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 89 year-old woman was admitted for several days of severe constipation, abdominal bloating and absence of flatus. She had abdominal distention with minimal abdominal tenderness on exam. Initial CT imaging demonstrated significant stool burden with prominent colonic distension extending from the cecum to the transverse colon. She required nasogastric tube decompression. Several […]
Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 71 year old man with history of multiple sclerosis and gout (on Methylprednisolone) presented with weakness. Patient was diagnosed with a UTI on a recent hospital admission for fever and weakness. He improved on IV antibiotics and was discharged home to complete a 7-day PO course, but returned 9 days later after […]