Meeting
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old woman with a history of recurrent hospital admissions over several years for neutropenic fever who presented for generalized body weakness and fever of 102F for one day. On presentation the patient had a temperature of 102.9F, HR 106, BP 128/96. Physical exam was notable for tender cervical lymphadenopathy and pharyngeal erythema. […]
Abstract Number: 817
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man with prostate cancer and radical prostatectomy with an indwelling Foley catheter presented from his nursing home with three days of hematuria and a hemoglobin of 5.2 mg/dL (baseline 7-9 mg/dL). Initial vital signs were normal. Exam was significant for pink-tinged urine, copious melena, and no abdominal pain. A repeat hemoglobin […]