Meeting
Abstract Number: 715
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old female with controlled type 2 DM (A1C 7%, diet control), hypertension and left-eye glaucoma with resultant vision loss was initially admitted for atypical chest pain. She reported unintentional weight loss of 30 pounds in three months and progressive blurry vision of her right eye for 4 months, which had been evaluated […]
Abstract Number: 724
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1 presented with altered mental status, abdominal pain, and tenderness. On presentation, she was afebrile, hemodynamically stable. Further workup revealed leukocytosis 27000/ml, acute kidney injury with creatinine 2.47 mg/dl, blood glucose 1000 + mg/dl; glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c 11.5%); amylase […]
Abstract Number: 769
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old man with a history of sinusitis requiring surgery, presented with 3 weeks of right sided facial swelling and pain. He denied any facial trauma or drug use. He had used tap water for nasal rinses. The patient was diagnosed with sinusitis and treated with clindamycin and steroids but had progression of […]