Meeting
Abstract Number: 687
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old woman presented with altered mental status, tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypotension. Her family noted 1 month of progressive lethargy, with spontaneous subconjunctival hemorrhage and various episodes of facial and extremity bruising (for which she had 3 prior ED visits). Past medical history was notable for hypertension, remote history of nosebleeds, and menorrhagia […]
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 82-year-old man on chronic Warfarin presented for evaluation of spontaneous right lower extremity swelling with bruising. Workup showed hemoglobin of 9.5 g/dL, platelet of 286 K/µL, PT 47.4 seconds, INR 5.0, and PTT > 200 seconds. CT of abdomen and leg revealed intra-abdominal hemorrhage and subcutaneous hematoma of the right leg. Within the […]