Meeting
Abstract Number: 877
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old woman with well-controlled Crohn’s disease on immunosuppression presented to the emergency department with a three- day history of rash and fevers following antimicrobial treatment at an outside urgent care facility for presumed bacterial sinusitis. At the urgent care facility, she had received intramuscular ceftriaxone, oral azithromycin, and oral prednisone. The following […]
Abstract Number: 1020
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with history of diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, colonic adenoma, and recent self-reported bed bug infestation presents with one month of pruritic rash. On interview, he also endorses progressive edema, dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, as well as 5 days of melena. Admission exam is notable for anasarca and diffuse, tense fluid-filled […]