Meeting
Abstract Number: 423
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 66 year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department with intermittent fevers, chills, fatigue and dyspnea of 1 week duration. He denied any nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, changes in bowel habit or significant trauma. He lived in a wooded area and had 3 previous Lyme infections but denied any recent tick bite, […]
Abstract Number: 723
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on apixaban and aspirin for coronary artery disease presented with orthostatic syncope leading to a fall. Patient had complained of left upper quadrant abdominal pain the night prior to the fall. Patient denied trauma prior to the onset of abdominal pain, recent sore throat, […]