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Abstract Number: 710
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old Caucasian male with hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency room with confusion, ataxia, and urinary retention after a 10-day cruise to Aruba. During the cruise, he developed fever, diarrhea, and a rash. After returning home, he visited a local ED and was treated with ciprofloxacin and metronidazole for febrile […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A healthy 35-year-old female from eastern Arizona presented in February with two weeks of fever, headache, epigastric pain, decreased appetite, two episodes of non-bloody emesis, dyspnea, and with orthopnea. She was cleaning out a trailer with rodent droppings inside a few days prior to the onset of her symptoms. Her vitals were notable […]
Abstract Number: 744
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with no comorbidities presented with multiple episodes of substernal chest pressure and reduced exercise tolerance. Cardiac catheterization was notable for severe systolic dysfunction with left ventricular dilatation without coronary disease. Echocardiography was significant for an ejection fraction (EF) of 20% with global hypokinesis and extensive left ventricular (LV) trabeculations consistentwith […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male presented with a 4 day history of rectal and abdominal pain. He denied any previous medical history. He also noted three months of productive cough, pyrexia, chills, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed right lower quadrant tenderness accompanied by abdominal rigidity and involuntary guarding. The patient declined digital rectal examination. […]
Abstract Number: 765
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man with stage 5 chronic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital with four days of new, uncontrollable muscle twitching. One week prior, he had undergone incision and drainage of a gluteal abscess and was prescribed levofloxacin. Two days later, he began to experience twitching of his face and jerking of […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Fijean woman presented to the emergency department with three weeks of fevers, chills, weakness, watery non-bloody diarrhea, and unintentional 15lb weight loss. She had no recent travel, sick contacts, changes in dietary habits, antibiotic use, or initiation of new medications. Physical exam was significant for epigastric tenderness and hepatomegaly. Her laboratory […]
Abstract Number: 809
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history of bilateral knee osteoarthritis presented to the emergency room with complaints of intermittent fever ongoing at home for two weeks. She recently had a Lipogems injection procedure done to her right knee. She denied any history of recent travel, tick bites or sick contacts. Physical exam was […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Loperamide is an over-the counter anti-motility opioid agonist considered to be specific to the intestinal µ receptor, safe for non-prescription use, and to have low abuse potential. However, several cases of fatal cardiac arrhythmias have been reported.1 38-year-old male without prior cardiovascular history, presented to a rural hospital with pre-syncope and lightheadedness. He […]