Meeting
Abstract Number: 447
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A morbidly obese, but otherwise healthy, 57 year old male, presented to his initial visit with his primary care provider with complaints of dysphagia, vomiting, and unintentional weight loss of 15 pounds over the previous month. He reported a sudden onset of vomiting after eating a large meal about a month prior. Following […]
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 […]