Meeting
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old woman with end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis (PD) for the past year, presented with progressively worsening abdominal pain, fevers, and nausea. This was her second presentation as she had been treated with antibiotics for presumed culture-negative PD-catheter-associated bacterial peritonitis three weeks earlier without improvement. Admission vital signs and […]
Abstract Number: 523
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 50-year-old man presented with 4 days of abdominal distension and subjective fevers at home. He was from rural Guatemala originally, now moved to Irvine, California. He denied any noxious habits including alcohol consumption, other travel history, or occupational exposures. On presentation, vital signs were stable except for slight tachycardia to […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old male with a family history of Hepatoblastoma in his brother, presented with a two-week history of intermittent left lower quadrant abdominal pain. He was afebrile and initial work-up showed a normal White blood cell count (WBC), Hemoglobin (Hg) 7.1 g/dl, Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) 71 femtoliters and a positive stool occult […]