Meeting
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Introduction: We report a case of acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to heme-induced nephropathy requiring hemodialysis, following percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using AngioJetTM. Case Report: A 63 years-old African-American female with prior history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) who was on treatment with apixaban, presented to the emergency room with acute-onset left leg pain […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 76-year-old male with a PMHx of DM2, HTN and HLD who presented with a complaint of bloody urine in addition to fevers and chills for a day. He denied any past history of bloody urine. The patient also pointed out that he has had a new painless right lower […]
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old man with metastatic melanoma presented to the hospital in acute renal failure. Nine months prior, he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and offered immunotherapy. He declined in favor of naturopathic treatment, including high-dose intravenous vitamin C. At his naturopathic clinic, he was found to be hyperkalemic and was referred to our […]