Meeting
Abstract Number: 510
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of nonstop hiccups. His systolic blood pressure was more than 200 and chest x-ray imaging was unremarkable. Over the next several days, his blood pressure remained elevated despite multiple medication additions, and he continued to complain […]
Abstract Number: 812
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59-year old male with a history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and Stanford Type A aortic dissection (treated six years prior by open followed by endovascular repair) presented with a four-day history of hematemesis associated with midsternal chest pain. He reported taking a nifedipine tablet, which felt like it was “stuck in […]