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Abstract Number: 1005
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with a recently diagnosed HIV infection presented to the hospital with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and fatigue for 4 days. Six weeks prior, he was found to have HIV infection with a CD4+ cell count of 17 cells/ul and an HIV viral load of 41,399 copies/mL. He was prescribed antiretroviral […]
Abstract Number: 1028
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 36-year old male with a history of paraplegia secondary to a motor vehicle accident and long-standing polysubstance abuse presents to the ED for worsening facial wounds that first appeared two years ago. The patient states the most recent lesion on the upper back appeared two months ago and was preceded by cocaine […]
Abstract Number: 1049
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the hospital with several days of fatigue and shortness of breath. His vitals were initially stable, and labs showed a hemoglobin of 4.2 (normal 13.5—17.5), white blood cell count WBC 20.1 (4.5—11.0), and platelet count 43 (160—420), BNP 617 (0—900 pg/ml). He received one unit of packed red […]
Abstract Number: 1051
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old African-American female with a history of multiple sclerosis complicated by paraplegia, neurogenic bladder, and seizures presented to the hospital with a syncopal episode and was found to have a hemoglobin of 2.9 (12.0 to 16.0 gm/dL) with red blood cell count RBC 0.96 (4.00 – 5.20×10^6/uL), lactate dehydrogenase 639 (
Abstract Number: 1052
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40 year old female with a medical history of pancreatitis and gastroesophageal reflux initially presented with cough and viral cold symptoms. She was initially febrile to 102 F, with labs significant for WBC 3,900 (normal 4,500-11,000 WBC/uL), hemoglobin 9.1 (12.0-15.5 g/dL), and platelet count 35,000 (150,000-450,000 /uL). She quickly deteriorated with new […]
Abstract Number: 1078
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54 y/o lady with a past medical history of HCV cirrhosis s/p Harvoni treated 5 years ago, IVDU now on methadone who presented to the ER with a lower extremity rash that started two days ago. They were multiple tender nonblanching, red to purple petechial and purpuric lesions on the bilateral lower […]
Abstract Number: 1091
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with no significant medical history presented with a 3-day history of peri-umbilical pain localized to the right iliac fossa. Pain was sharp in nature, constant and aggravated by movement. No bowel or urinary symptoms and no previous abdominal surgeries. No history of inflammatory bowel disease or sarcoidosis. Upon admission, had […]
Abstract Number: 1094
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 50 y.o African American male with a history of schizophrenia presented for headache, blurred vision and acute onset aphasia. On exam, patient was alert, but unable to follow commands. He was noted to have poor dentition. Lab studies revealed WBC count of 4.1 with 47% neutrophils. BMP and liver function studies were unremarkable. […]
Abstract Number: 1095
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman presented with 10 hours of left lower extremity pain and decreased urine output. The patient had a history of total thyroidectomy decades prior and had been prescribed levothyroxine. It was stopped two months prior to admission for low TSH.She had 2+ edema bilaterally.Labs returned with a creatinine of 6.8 mg/dL, […]
Abstract Number: 1122
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 20-year-old male without past medical history. He began to feel depressed about 3 weeks prior to admission, and his dietary intake decreased. Concomitantly, he experienced diarrhea once to twice per day. He noticed pain in both the thighs when waking up the day before the admission. The pain persisted […]