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Abstract Number: 556
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44 year-old Hispanic female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism presented from her endocrinologist with a diffuse, maculopapular rash, including the face, hands, wrists, torso, arms and legs. The rash had been intermittent for the past six years, painful, pruritic, and exacerbated by sunlight. She also complained of joint pain and […]
Abstract Number: 558
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 72 year old male presented with worsening shortness of breath and increasing oxygen requirement for six weeks. The patient had been on supplemental oxygen for the past 2 years for hypoxia. As an outpatient, right heart catheterization revealed a pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) of 76/24 mmHg, mean PAP of 41 mmHg, wedge […]
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: 720
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 77F with COPD, CAD, HFpEF (50%), scimitar syndrome, pHTN, pAfib, type V long QT syndrome, SSS s/p ablation, TIA, and a recent mechanical fall with left pubic ramus fracture and subdural hematoma with recent discharge from acute rehabilitation center presents to the emergency room after a witnessed, mechanical fall at home due patient’s […]
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: 771
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Cryptococcus is known for causing meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of cryptococcal infection outside the central nervous system in a relatively immunocompetent host. A 77 year-old male who immigrated from India at twenty years of age, with history of polycythemia vera, initially presented with hoarseness, occasional non-productive cough, weight loss […]
Abstract Number: 778
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old African-American woman presented to our Emergency Department with hemoptysis and severe respiratory distress. Two weeks prior to presentation, she was admitted with persistent cough and blood streaked sputum of 1-month duration and was treated with antibiotics for a presumptive diagnosis of pnemonia after a negative bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Her […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Fijean woman presented to the emergency department with three weeks of fevers, chills, weakness, watery non-bloody diarrhea, and unintentional 15lb weight loss. She had no recent travel, sick contacts, changes in dietary habits, antibiotic use, or initiation of new medications. Physical exam was significant for epigastric tenderness and hepatomegaly. Her laboratory […]