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Abstract Number: 473
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: After suffering a left-sided middle cerebral artery stroke and subsequent right sided weakness, an 85-year-old female fell and sustained a fracture of her right intertrochanteric femur. She initially had an ORIF at an outside hospital, but this subsequently failed and the patient had continued pain. She had repeat x-ray imaging of her femur […]
Abstract Number: 547
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36 year old female presented to our hospital with septic shock following an elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy performed in Mexico. She had undergone the procedure four months earlier, which she tolerated well, returning to her home in the United States four days later. Her post-operative course had been characterized by numerous complications, […]
Abstract Number: 577
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 84 year old male with past medical history of prostate cancer with metastasis to bone presented with thrombocytopenia. His original diagnosis of prostate cancer was made with a PSA and a transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate. The biopsy showed extensive adenocarcinoma in all core samples taken. Bone scan at that […]
Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37 year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of abdominal pain and jaundice. The patient stated that 3 days prior to presentation, he awoke with severe intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with a yellow discoloration of his skin and sclera. […]
Abstract Number: 609
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male with past medical history of anxiety, chronic diarrhea and alcohol dependency presented with blood-tinged emesis. The patient endorsed a three-week history of non-bilious, blood-streaked emesis after ingestion of both solids and liquids. He also endorsed a cough productive of blood-streaked sputum and easy bruising. He was a retired librarian. He […]
Abstract Number: 652
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman presented with two weeks of progressively worsening abdominal pain and distention. The abdominal pain was accompanied by yellowing of her eyes and periods of confusion. She reported consuming 4 shots of vodka daily for greater than 10 years. Vital signs were normal. The patient was grossly jaundiced and exhibited scleral […]
Abstract Number: 711
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old woman presented to the hospital after her granddaughter noticed two days of worsening jaundice. The patient reported a one-week history of fatigue, early satiety, poor appetite, nausea, and vomiting. She also noted having tea-colored urine and a 30-pound unintentional weight loss during the previous eight months. She denied history of trauma, […]
Abstract Number: 756
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with past medical history of ulcerative colitis (UC) currently on vedolizumab infusions every 8 weeks presented to the hospital with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The patient endorsed nausea, vomiting, and 15-20 loose, bloody bowel movements per day. Upon admission, the patient was afebrile, normotensive, and non-tachycardic. Physical exam revealed […]
Abstract Number: 785
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 63-year-old male with history of hypertension (HTN) on Lisinopril, with recent addition of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for uncontrolled HTN a week prior to presentation. He presented with dark color urine, nausea, constipation reported to have ensued a week after HCTZ was added to his regimen. He denied IV drug, alcohol, acetaminophen or any over […]
Abstract Number: 818
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A twenty-two-year-old male with unknown history was brought in with altered mental status (AMS). On exam he was lying in bed, clutching a taco sauce packet mid-air as if perpetually about to pour; he remained immobile for 10 minutes, exhibited waxy flexibility, and did not respond to questions or commands. Bush-Francis Catatonia score […]