Meeting
Abstract Number: 248
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72‐year‐old man with a history of coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and nonfunctional left adrenal cortical adenoma resected 1 month ago presented after a syncopal episode lasting several minutes. He felt lightheaded prior to losing consciousness. There was no seizure activity, confusion, unilateral weakness, chest pain, palpitations, or shortness […]
Abstract Number: 248
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Imaging diagnostics such as CT and MRI are practically inaccessible to many of this developing nation’s 42 million citizens. Ultrasound, however, is more readily available but primarily limited to use in obstetrics. With proper training, the diagnostic utility of ultrasonography may be expanded to non-obstetric point-of-care examinations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate […]