Meeting
Abstract Number: 513
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old obese female presented with daily high fevers, chills, night sweats, malaise, decreased appetite, and nausea for two weeks. Her past medical history is significant for laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) surgery eight (8) years prior. On presentation, she was febrile, tachycardic with pallor and hypotensive. Cardiopulmonary and abdominal examination was normal, […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24 year old, Chuukese-speaking woman visiting the United States from Micronesia, with no known past medical history, presented with complaint of 24 hours of acute epigastric pain. Patient was on no medications. Vital signs: temperature 36.4 degrees C, pulse 65, respirations 16, blood pressure 100/51. Exam showed mild epigastric and right upper […]