Meeting
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 82-year-old man on chronic Warfarin presented for evaluation of spontaneous right lower extremity swelling with bruising. Workup showed hemoglobin of 9.5 g/dL, platelet of 286 K/µL, PT 47.4 seconds, INR 5.0, and PTT > 200 seconds. CT of abdomen and leg revealed intra-abdominal hemorrhage and subcutaneous hematoma of the right leg. Within the […]
Abstract Number: 884
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 68-year-old obese woman with history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) presented with weakness and abdominal pain after failed outpatient treatment for UTI with Nitrofurantoin. During hospitalization, she was noted to be dyspneic and hypoxemic. Patient denied chest pain or discomfort, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, dizziness, syncope or pre-syncope, slurred speech or focal […]
Abstract Number: 926
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 36 year old female with no past medical history presented to hospital with acute onset of severe midsternal chest pain radiating to back, throat and jaw that lasted approximately 20 minutes and resolved spontaneously. Her EKG showed T wave inversion in inferior leads with elevated troponin for which she was started on heparin […]