Meeting
Abstract Number: 887
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old African American female, who has a history of preeclampsia and recent stroke, presented with confusion, unusual behavior pattern, headache, involuntary movements and forgetfulness for 3 days. She reported difficulty performing easy tasks such as putting a bottle together, changing her baby and progressive cognitive decline. She denied having weakness, numbness, seizures, […]
Abstract Number: 887
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old Caucasian male presented with a two-week history of throbbing headaches, fever, jaw claudication, and neck stiffness. Vitals signs were T: 38C, BP: 171/86 mmHg, HR: 102 bpm, RR: 20 breaths/min, SPO2: 94% on room air. Examination revealed neck stiffness and swollen, mildly tender temporal arteries bilaterally but negative Kernig’s and Brudzinski […]