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Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37 year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of abdominal pain and jaundice. The patient stated that 3 days prior to presentation, he awoke with severe intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with a yellow discoloration of his skin and sclera. […]
Abstract Number: 711
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old woman presented to the hospital after her granddaughter noticed two days of worsening jaundice. The patient reported a one-week history of fatigue, early satiety, poor appetite, nausea, and vomiting. She also noted having tea-colored urine and a 30-pound unintentional weight loss during the previous eight months. She denied history of trauma, […]
Abstract Number: 819
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with new onset jaundice. He also endorsed a constellation of symptoms for several months including weight loss, progressive fatigue, frequent headaches, decreased appetite, daily nausea with occasional emesis, and dark urine. He was not taking any […]
Abstract Number: 845
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old female with two prior typhoid episodes, presented to the hospital with a three week history of epigastric pain. The patient returned from a one month trip to Bangladesh four weeks prior. She subsequently began experiencing squeezing epigastric pain, subjective fevers, yellow discoloration of her skin, and decreased oral intake. […]