Meeting
Abstract Number: 940
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with a history of bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing’s disease, who received hydrocortisone replacement (hydrocortisone 20 mg/day; 15 mg after breakfast and 5 mg in the afternoon) for 50 years, visited our emergency department with epigastric pain and palpitations. The symptoms manifested without any obvious cause when the patient was at […]
Abstract Number: 1107
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72 year old woman with a history of recurrent, metastatic breast cancer complicated by pembrolizumab-related immune-mediated colitis presented to our hospital with sudden onset dizziness and shortness of breath. Four weeks prior to presentation, she suffered a colitis flare and was treated with a rapid 40 mg prednisone taper along with dapsone […]