Meeting
Abstract Number: 667
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The prevalence of cocaine use is growing worldwide. Damaging effects of cocaine on the cardiovascular, neurologic, and pulmonary systems are well-established. In recent years, evidence has emerged for cocaine-induced damage to other organs, such as the liver and kidney. This is a case of end-organ damage from regular cocaine use. A 65-year-old man […]
Abstract Number: 831
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 80-year-old man with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, multiple strokes with mild residual expressive aphasia and right hemiparesis presented with one week of dyspnea, fatigue and two days of worsened neurologic symptoms. His medications included nifedipine, metoprolol, coumadin and hydralazine since 2012. On exam, right arm pronation and decreased […]