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Search Results for diabetic ketoacidosis
Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old woman with migraines, bipolar disorder, and hypothyroidism presented with a 2-day headache that was not improving with sumatriptan. She also complained of generalized weakness, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Workup revealed diabetic ketoacidosis, with blood glucose 530 mg/dL, venous pH 7.02, bicarbonate of 8 mmol/L, and anion gap 29. The patient had […]
Abstract Number: 719
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes on insulin pump and hypertension presented to the ED with abdominal pain with associated nausea/vomiting and shortness of breath for one day. She reported her insulin pump has been malfunctioning for several days. She denied fever/chills, chest pain, or diarrhea. She denied any toxic habits.Vital signs […]
Abstract Number: 724
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1 presented with altered mental status, abdominal pain, and tenderness. On presentation, she was afebrile, hemodynamically stable. Further workup revealed leukocytosis 27000/ml, acute kidney injury with creatinine 2.47 mg/dl, blood glucose 1000 + mg/dl; glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c 11.5%); amylase […]
Abstract Number: 813
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with a history of type II diabetes mellitus on metformin presented with five days of severe, post-prandial epigastric pain with inability to tolerate meals. Labs on admission were notable for mild hyperglycemia with finger stick blood glucose between 100 and 200 mmol/L with an anion gap of 21, pH 7.3, […]