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Abstract Number: 387
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50 year old male with no past medical history presented with severe chest pain that progressively worsened over 2 days. His chest pain was described as left sided, non-radiating, and constant. He reported sore throat, headaches, and subjective fevers for the past 5 days. The patient also reported multiple family members received […]
Abstract Number: 451
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 30 year old well male presented with one day history of multiple episodes of loss of consciousness. Each episode lasted several minutes with no preceding warning. There was no limb jerking, tongue biting or confusion. One week prior, he was treated for shingles with oral acyclovir. His temperature was 37.9° Celcius. He […]
Abstract Number: 485
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old man with untreated hypertension for 5 years, presented with 4 hours of sharp substernal chest pain. The pain woke him up from sleep and was present at rest and on exertion. The pain lasted 30 seconds and then decreased in severity, without any identifiable alleviating factors. He received aspirin and ondansetron […]
Abstract Number: 695
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 24-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia who presented from a psychiatric facility for fever and tachycardia. The patient had been admitted to the facility for failure of previous antipsychotic therapy and was being transitioned to clozapine. On admission, the patient was noted to be febrile to […]
Abstract Number: 757
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old Nigerian woman with no medical history and recent travel to Mexico presents with cough for 4 weeks, fever, and malaise. She initially presented to urgent care with respiratory complaints, was diagnosed with pneumonia and given azithromycin. Her symptoms did not improve and she went to the ED. Vitals were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 770
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man presented with several days of diarrhea, fevers, and syncope. Past medical history was significant for recurrent syncopal episodes, all of which occurred during febrile illnesses. Review of systems was negative for chest pain or other cardiac symptoms. His vital signs were normal except for a temperature of 39°C. ECG showed […]