Meeting
Abstract Number: 659
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute onset of fevers, myalgias and generalized erythematous rash after taking five weeks of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for acute prostatitis. Vital signs were notable for fever and tachycardia, with relative hypotension which responded to initial fluid resuscitation. The patient initially denied abdominal pain however the [...]
Abstract Number: 902
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old African American male with a past medical history of overactive bladder and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department (ED) with increasing proximal bilateral lower extremity muscle pain for five days. His pain was accompanied with increasing difficulty with ambulation. The patient also noted persisting hematuria, urgency, and hesitancy for [...]