Meeting
Abstract Number: 840
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 77-year-old woman who presented with a two-day history of progressively worsening oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysphonia and left upper extremity weakness. She was discharged from the hospital three days prior for a three-month history of a pruritic rash. During the previous hospitalization, she was noted to have facial erythema, Shawl and […]
Abstract Number: 946
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old female with past medical history of cervical (C4/C5/C6) spine fusion presented with one-year history of swallowing difficulties. She noted that over the past year she has developed steadily worsening swallow ability from solids to liquids associated with frequent coughing when eating. She has also lost approximately 20 pounds due to reduced […]
Abstract Number: 1027
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78 year old female with history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastritis, hypothyroidism, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 was admitted to our tertiary care hospital with complaints of chest pain, bloating, nausea, and feeling of food getting stuck in the epigastric region. She had a longstanding history of gastritis and epigastric […]