Meeting
Abstract Number: 490
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old-male with no significant past medical history who presents to the hospital with 2 months of progressive exertional dyspnea, palpitations and scrotal pain. He has also noticed some leg swelling and has a nonproductive cough. For the past 6 months, he has had ongoing diarrhea and unintentional weight loss of about 20 […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old female with unremarkable past medical history presented with a 3-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Vital signs were significant for temperature of 38.3 C and heart rate of 180 BPM. Physical exam revealed left-sided costovertebral angle tenderness. Laboratory studies were notable for total bilirubin 2.7 mg/dL, direct […]
Abstract Number: 633
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with PMH of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (with good hematologic response to Ibrutinib, stopped three months ago due to persistent fevers of unknown etiology), nephrolithiasis (with recent ureteral stent placement), presented with fever to 40.5 degrees Celsius. Patient was found to have E. coli bacteremia due to urinary tract infection and […]