Meeting
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 49 year old female, with no significant medical history, who started having intermittent fevers, night sweats, and fatigue 11 months prior. She reported a temperature of 100.4°F with cough and rhinorrhea, diagnosed as bronchitis with an elevated CRP of 40 mg/L. She reported some improvement with azithromycin but continued to […]
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 50‐year‐old male with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, presented to primary care’s office in October 2011 with intermittent chest pain. No family history of premature coronary artery disease, and no personal history of smoking, alcohol or drug abuse. He had a positive stress echocardiographic test and angiogram in November 2011, which showed single‐vessel coronary […]
Abstract Number: 1075
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 42 year old male with no prior medical history presented to the hospital after drinking approximately 800 mL of 21% chlorfenapyr insecticide and 500 mL of vodka in a suicide attempt. He reported vomiting 7 times minutes after the ingestion. On admission he was afebrile, with a heart rate in the 70s […]
Abstract Number: 1075
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82 yo F with history of HTN, HLD, anemia, and atrial fibrillation presented to the ED with right-sided weakness and aphasia. She was subsequently found to have an acute left MCA stroke, which was treated with thrombectomy. She was not on anti-coagulation for her atrial fibrillation due to history of GI bleed […]