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Search Results for Sepsis
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: 622
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 51- year old male with a past medical history of cirrhosis due to sarcoidosis, was admitted with worsening left lower extremity pain and swelling for two days. He remembered a pop in his left leg two days ago after performing squats followed by severe left lower extremity pain the morning after. Additionally, […]
Abstract Number: 658
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male was admitted to the hospital due to multiple bouts of non-bloody emesis and shock. Symptoms began with progressive lightheadedness, fatigue, and worsening jaundice. He denied any fevers, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. His past medical history was significant for alcoholic liver cirrhosis. He last drank alcohol 6 months prior and had […]
Abstract Number: 702
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year old female was hospitalized for 3-week history of abdominal pain, chills, nausea and diarrhea. Her past medical history was significant for multiple self-reported antibiotic allergies, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass complicated by gastrojejunostomy leak, and prior perisplenic abscess requiring percutaneous drainage. On admission, blood pressure was 137/79, heart rate of 80, respirations 20, […]