Meeting
Abstract Number: 897
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old previously healthy woman was presented to our hospital with acute low back pain that was not triggered by any trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a lumbar compression fracture, and she was admitted to the orthopedic department. Two days later, she developed orthopnea and hypotension, and therefore the orthopedician consulted with […]
Abstract Number: 1136
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old man with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, aphasia and right-sided weakness from prior strokes presented with two days of difficulty with speech and ambulation. His vital signs were normal except for an oxygen (O2) saturation of 94% on 6 liters. On exam he was somnolent but able to follow […]