Meeting
Abstract Number: 897
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 14-year-old obese Asian-American male presented with one month of bilateral frontal headache, sinus pressure, neck and upper back pain, double vision, and intermittent fevers. He was initially seen by an otolaryngologist and prescribed a 10-day course of cefdinir for sinus pressure with mild improvement. Given continued headaches and neck pain, he was […]
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 […]