Meeting
Abstract Number: 815
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37 year old woman with past medical history of septic shock secondary to urinary tract infection (UTI), systemic lupus erythematosus treated with oral prednisone 10 mg/day, functional quadriplegia due to transverse myelitis, chronic sacral decubitus ulcers, chronic indwelling urinary catheter, morbid obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the emergency […]
Abstract Number: 873
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A healthy, pleasant 25 years old male, dog-owner, with Down syndrome presented with generalized malaise, intermittent fevers, chills, sweating, abdominal pain, intermittent neck pain that progressively worsened over a week. His fever was ranging from 101-105 Fahrenheit and spiked nocturnally. He had raked the yard 2 weeks ago and his parents were concerned […]