Meeting
Abstract Number: 536
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old woman with a history of untreated Hepatitis C, anal cancer status post chemotherapy and radiation, current IV heroin use, and MRSA tricuspid valve endocarditis presented with lethargy, jaundice, abdominal pain, oliguria, fevers and lower extremity swelling and rash. On arrival, she initially had fluid-responsive hypotension and fever up to 102. […]
Abstract Number: 546
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 18 year old male with Diabetes Mellitus 1 was admitted for management of painful foot ulcerations after having submerged his feet daily in 20 hour ice baths for relief of chronic foot pain. On exam, there were numerous symmetric, foul-smelling, tender, shallow ulcers with overlying crusting and purulent drainage on bilateral dorsal […]
Abstract Number: 749
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Mononeuritis multiplex (MM) was first described in 1960 as a hereditable neuropathy favoring the brachial nerve. MM is now known as the painful, asymmetrical destruction of at least two separate peripheral nerves caused by an array of disorders including diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis, and various vasculitides. This clinical case describes […]