Meeting
Abstract Number: 498
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A healthy 65-year-old male was admitted to the hospital for presumed COPD exacerbation and despite treatment developed hypoxic respiratory failure and shock, transferring to the intensive care unit (ICU) for further management.On arrival, he was tachycardic (120 BPM), BP 74/47 mmHg, febrile (39.0℃) and mechanically ventilated (RR 14) concerning for septic shock. Examination […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man with no significant past medical history was hospitalized with a 2-week history of constant burning left upper quadrant pain, headaches, myalgias, and fever/chills. The patient reported camping in Pennsylvania 1 month prior to presentation. In the ED, he was initially found to be febrile to 102.4F and hypotensive to SBP […]
Abstract Number: 767
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old construction worker with no past medical history presented to the hospital with a 2-week-history of fatigue and left upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with intermittent high fevers and chills. Patient reports his 9-year-old daughter was sick with fevers and an upper respiratory tract infection a month ago right after a camping […]
Abstract Number: 780
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 81-year old healthy male from Upstate New York without significant past medical history presented as a transfer from an outside hospital with a 5-6 day history of fevers, malaise, vague abdominal pain, and worsening confusion. There was no travel outside of the local area in the previous six months. The patient was […]