Meeting
Abstract Number: 545
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old gentleman with no known medical issues was brought in to the emergency department after experiencing sudden onset unresponsiveness and respiratory arrest. He had been intubated by paramedics on arrival. Upon transfer to the emergency department, he was found to have unstable atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response necessitating cardioversion. Initial labs […]
Abstract Number: 592
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71 year-old man with no medical history presented in October with fevers, headache, neck stiffness, photophobia, and confusion for 3 days. Per family, patient was fully functional with no memory deficits at baseline. He never traveled outside of New York tri-state area and has had no sick contacts or insect bites. Initial […]
Abstract Number: 815
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 40 year-old man presented to the hospital with a six-hour history of worsening palpitations accompanied by diaphoresis and non-radiating, retrosternal chest pain. He had been diagnosed with pre-excitation on ECG three years prior and reported a longtime history of recurrent palpitations. At the time of his diagnosis he declined any further studies. […]