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Abstract Number: 578
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Patient is a 53 year old African American male with past medical history of hypertension who presented with syncope. He had this episode a total of 3 times, most recently 1 month prior and initial episode 1 year prior. He had resolution of symptoms both times and diagnostic workup did not reveal any […]
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 42 year-old man was admitted with acute abdominal pain. He described onset of periumbilical pain on the morning of admission, resolving after an episode of non-bloody, non-bilious emesis. Later that day, he developed a severe, sharp, constant and non-radiating left lower quadrant pain associated with emesis. He denied fevers, chills, […]
Abstract Number: 814
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old man with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and GERD presented from an outside hospital with bilateral upper extremity paralysis, paresthesias, and neck pain which started minutes after sneezing. Vital signs were stable and neurologic examination was remarkable for bilateral upper extremity strength of 0/5 with absent reflexes and reduced sensation to pinprick. […]
Abstract Number: 849
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old African-American male, with past medical history of nonischemic cardiomyopathy, moderate aortic insufficiency, HTN, and cocaine abuse presented to the emergency room with complaints of shortness of breath (SOB), and chest pain (CP). He admitted to using cocaine on his birthday party, which was 5 days ago. After using cocaine he started […]