Meeting
Abstract Number: 542
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 44 year old female with a history of hepatitis C and alcoholic cirrhosis, abstinent from alcohol for about two years, who presented from a nursing facility with few weeks of confusion and bilateral lower extremity weakness and imbalance. Her family reported that she was oriented, communicative and […]
Abstract Number: 706
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68 year-old woman with a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and intra-abdominal abscess for which she was treated with ceftriaxone and metronidazole for six weeks, presented to the emergency department with slurred speech and ataxia. CT head showed no acute hemorrhage, infarction or other intracranial disease […]