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Abstract Number: 568
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with three weeks of intermittent fevers followed by 24-hours of persistent fever associated with nausea, fatigue, and malaise. She lived in the metro-Boston area and worked part-time as a dog-walker. She reported a tick bite several weeks ago. Vital signs were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old female presented to an emergency department with progressive weakness and dyspnea with dry cough for 2 weeks; she was afebrile but hypoxic, requiring 2 liters oxygen by nasal cannula. Physical examination was remarkable for diminished right lung sounds. Labs were unremarkable except for elevated C-reactive protein (194.6 mg/L). Chest x-ray revealed a dense […]
Abstract Number: 715
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 62-year-old man with recent hospitalization for septic shock due to toe osteomyelitis,complicated by severe C. difficile infection requiring fecal transplant 3 weeks prior to admission,presenting with confusion,right-sided weakness,and ataxia.Symptoms were first noted 2 weeks after the fecal transplant and consisted of depressed mood and right shoulder weakness.Neurological exam was notable for neglect of […]
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: 739
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 19-year old female with history of atopic dermatitis and herpes simplex virus (HSV) labialis presented with a 3 day complaint of facial rash. The rash was preceded by two days of sore throat, fever, and body aches. She was initially evaluated at an urgent care clinic where she was prescribed cephalexin for […]
Abstract Number: 798
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old patient was referred to us by his PCP for subacute onset of confusion. Two months prior to presentation he was diagnosed with Focal segmental glomerulonephritis and had been on immunosuppressive therapy with Mycophenolate mofetil and Prednisone. He subsequently developed productive cough, and shortness of breath and was found to have a […]