Meeting
Abstract Number: 566
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 39-year old female with a history of alcohol abuse presented with an eight-day history of numbness involving her bilateral lower extremities and hands which had progressed proximally to involve her chest wall. She reported perioral and perianal numbness, lethargy and difficulty ambulating. Examination was significant for decreased sensation in a glove-stocking distribution, […]
Abstract Number: 808
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old African American male past medical history significant for recently diagnosed Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) was admitted for recurrent mechanical falls at home. One week prior to his admission, he was treated for GBS with high dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin (0.4 g/kg/day) for 5 consecutive days and subsequently discharged home where he stayed for […]