Meeting
Abstract Number: 511
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old Caucasian female with history of mechanical aortic and mitral valves on chronic warfarin therapy, atrial fibrillation, and questionable history of SLE was admitted to the intensive care unit for emergent splenectomy following a motor vehicle accident. After initially being sent home from a regional hospital, she was diagnosed five days later […]
Abstract Number: 634
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Twenty three year old female presented with complaints of severe headache and dizziness since past 2 weeks. Her past medical history was significant for SLE, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and lupus pericarditis. CT head showed possible left cerebellar stroke of indeterminate age and hence was admitted for the stroke workup. Few […]
Abstract Number: 904
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old female with a past medical history of GI hemorrhage, and alcohol abuse, was brought to the emergency room for unresponsiveness. Prior to arrival, she underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), under sedation with propofol, for the evaluation of GI hemorrhage, with dilatation of incidentally found esophageal strictures. She did not regain consciousness following […]