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Search Results for Arthritis
Abstract Number: 123
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Septic arthritis (SA) of native joints has an incidence rate of 4-12 per 100,000 person-years. In 2012, there were 36, 539 hospitalizations for SA in US non-VA hospitals and costed the US healthcare system $2.85 billion. Such data has not been reported for US VA-healthcare System. SA has a mortality of 4-13%. Among survivors […]
Abstract Number: 435
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The diagnosis of a sexually active young male who presents with fevers, night sweats, weight loss with opportunistic infections and then found to have an acquired immunodeficiency is going to be HIV except when it isn’t. We present a patient with a presumptive diagnosis of HIV but a negative comprehensive HIV laboratory testing […]
Abstract Number: 544
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman, with benign past medical history presented with a two-week of low-grade fevers and erythematous papules that evolved into small discrete honey-colored crusted plaques and pustules on her face. She was initially treated with antibiotics for presumed bacterial infection. She had been on Doxycycline for over a week for management of […]
Abstract Number: 656
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female with a history of polycythemia vera presented to urgent care with swelling, redness, and pain over her right foot and ankle. She denied any trauma or insect bites. She was diagnosed with cellulitis and treated with intravenous Ceftriaxone for 3 days with minimal improvement. She continued therapy with oral Cefpodoxime, […]
Abstract Number: 672
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 21M with a PMHx of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis on chronic prednisone and Ilaris presented with fevers and diarrhea. He was seen by his rheumatologist on morning of presentation for his monthly Ilaris injection, who sent him in when he was found to be hypotensive and febrile in the office. Patient endorsed a […]
Abstract Number: 783
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50 year-old gentleman with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis on leflunamide presented with foreign body sensation, irritation, pain and photophobia in bilateral eyes which acutely worsened to bilateral vision loss. Funduscopic and slit-lamp examination showed crusting, moderate erythema, and edema of both eyes. Further detailed exam showed mucoid discharge, bilateral corneal infiltrates, corneal neovascularization, […]
Abstract Number: 863
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with Class IV lupus nephritis presented to the emergency department (ED) from the shelter two weeks after completing induction therapy with cyclophosphamide with a complaint of severe right knee pain and swelling. She was recently in the ED for severe left knee pain, which arthrocentesis […]
Abstract Number: 889
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 48 year old male with a history of HTN, HLD, RA, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus type 2 with associated neuropathy, retinopathy, and bilateral blindness presenting with a two week history of fever, chills, and left knee pain such that he was unable to ambulate. Pain began suddenly without related trauma. After one week […]
Abstract Number: 892
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69 years old farmer presented to the hospital with right shoulder pain, fever and chills. Past medical history was significant for coronary artery disease, a remote history of neck tumor status post resection and radiation, bilateral shoulder arthritis, and left shoulder replacement. The pain worsened in severity and radiated to the right […]