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Abstract Number: 627
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old female with atrial fibrillation (AF) on flecainide, sinus node dysfunction (SND), and permanent pacemaker presents with frequent palpitations. EKG showed regular, wide-complex tachycardia with ventricular rate of 137 BPM. Device interrogation revealed atrial flutter with 1:1 AV conduction (AL11AV). Rhythm terminated with overdrive atrial pacing along with resolution of symptoms. Troponins […]
Abstract Number: 639
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of jaundice, intermittent abdominal pain, hip pain, and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for ankylosing spondylitis. She was on chronic immunosuppression with prednisone, Plaquenil and Infliximab. Initial evaluation was remarkable for abnormal liver function and thrombocytopenia (Table 1). The […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73 year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1c 7.5), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic renal failure stage 3a, and a distant 10 pack year smoking history presented with 2 weeks of substernal chest tightness and dyspnea on exertion. He was hemodynamically stable without tachypnea at rest. Examination revealed a grade 2/6 holosystolic […]
Abstract Number: 648
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 82 year old Caucasian male with history of long standing well controlled diabetes mellitus type 2 since 2010, gastroparesis, and GERD presented to the ED with 2 episodes of “dark, tarry” stools for 1 day onset with resolution. On review of systems, the patient endorsed 32 pound weight loss over 6 months, […]
Abstract Number: 650
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old man was admitted to the inpatient medical service with worsening cough and dyspnea. He also reported progressive muscle weakness and myalgias over the past several weeks. His past medical history was significant for tobacco use, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and obesity. On admission, he was hemodynamically stable and afebrile with mild tachypnea […]
Abstract Number: 651
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis (HD), presented to the ED with slurred speech, altered mental status, and generalized weakness for a day. At baseline she was alert and oriented to person, place, and time. Four days prior to admission, she was diagnosed with herpes zoster […]
Abstract Number: 656
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of polysubstance abuse, with a preference for cocaine, presented to the emergency department complaining of right groin pain. He was diagnosed with purulent cellulitis and broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics were initiated. Initial blood work found low WBC (3.7 x 103/mcL), with a low neutrophilic […]
Abstract Number: 678
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old female with coronary artery disease, biventricular systolic heart failure requiring implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (A-fib) treated with amiodarone for 2 years presented with abdominal pain, nausea, loss of appetite for 1 month. She also reported a recent ICD discharge. Initial vital signs were remarkable for a blood pressure […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 23 year old male with history of 8 years of vaping presents with 3 days history of fever, tachypnea, diarrhea, nausea. On initial presentation he had signs of sepsis with hypoxia.Vitals: TMax – 102.7, PR – 119, BP 124/82, RR 28.Labs-WBC-14,800, N- 92%, L 1%, Hb 13.2, Platelets 276, Na 132, K – […]
Abstract Number: 745
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 51 year old female with a history of acute cholecystitis status post cholecystectomy who presented to the hospital for acute on chronic abdominal pain. Since her cholecystectomy five months prior, she had recurrent episodes of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain with persistently elevated LFTs and bilirubin. Liver biopsy and […]