Meeting
Abstract Number: 897
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old African-American man with obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department after being called-back due to evidence of complete atrioventricular (AV) block on routine electrocardiogram. Patient reported a 6-month history of fatigue and exertional dyspnea. On physical examination, he was afebrile and in no acute distress. Vital signs were BP: 142/92 […]
Abstract Number: 905
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with progressively worsening ataxia and left-sided weakness for 6 months. She had no symptoms attributable to bradycardia and was not taking AV nodal blocking medications. Examination revealed mild left hemiparesis and ataxic gait, with a heart rate of 40 beats/min but was otherwise unremarkable. […]
Abstract Number: 1017
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 60-year old male gardener presented with generalized body aches, night sweats, chills, malaise, fevers and headache (frontal and occipital) intermittently for a month. He reported abdominal pain, dyspnea, joint stiffness and myalgia. Around 2 weeks prior, the pain intensified and he received a treatment for upper respiratory infection with azithromycin. He finally […]