Meeting
Abstract Number: 421
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 8-year-old female with a 10-day history of intermittent myalgia and fatigue presented to the emergency department after waking with severe, diffuse myalgias. Initial laboratory work-up included CBC, CMP and CPK. Most significant was a CPK of 35,000 units/L. Aggressive fluid repletion was started for presumed viral induced rhabdomyolysis. After 5 days of […]
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hyperlipidemia treated with statin presented to the emergency room for generalized weakness. She became completely bedbound over the course of 5 days. Examination showed symmetric muscle weakness with power 2/5 at proximal muscles but normal strength in distal muscles. Deep tendon reflexes were decreased. She […]