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Search Results for Hyponatremia
Abstract Number: 244
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Acquired hyponatremia and hypernatremia are common in hospitalized patients and correcting dysnatremia may improve outcomes. Nephrology assistance with dysnatremia may help optimize management, but specialist resources are limited. Targeted Automatic e-Consultation (TACo), a model of selective e-consultation based on automated identification of patients from the electronic health record, has been applied for glycemic management […]
Abstract Number: 567
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 66 year old man with a history of eosinophilic granulomastosis with polyangiitis presented with ascending numbness and unsteadiness that worsened over two days and finally manifested as paraesthesia and weakness in all extremities, gait imbalance, and diplopia. Three weeks prior to presentation, the patient had received the flu vaccine. Neurology was consulted upon […]
Abstract Number: 638
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60 year old female with past medical history of chronic migraines presents with chief complaint of nausea and vomiting, with associated headache and malaise. She reports recent emergency room visit two weeks prior at an outside hospital for a “cold” with stomach pain. She was told she had a urinary tract infection […]
Abstract Number: 785
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 72 yo male with history of cerebral artery aneurysm, COPD, and Stage 3 CKD presented to the hospital for elective angiography of a cerebral aneurysm. He developed PEA arrest in the preprocedural setting and ROSC was achieved after 5 minutes of CPR. Patients condition improved initially but prior to planned discharge he developed […]
Abstract Number: 821
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old woman with a history of osteoporosis, GERD, diverticulitis, and osteoarthritis presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure one day after receiving zoledronic acid (ZA) for treatment of osteoporosis. The seizure was refractory to medical management and she required intubation for airway protection. Labs were […]
Abstract Number: 1181
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with no significant medical or psychiatric history presented for evaluation of altered mental status and agitation in the setting of cannabis ingestion. The patient reported consuming a cannabis edible followed by 24 bottles of water due to excessive thirst. He presented to the emergency department by ambulance and required chemical […]
Abstract Number: 1223
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 33-year-old male with metastatic germ cell testicular cancer to the lungs initially presented with worsening headaches. Imaging showed significant disease progression with new intracranial metastases in the right parietal and occipital lobes. He underwent autologous stem cell transplant complicated by pancytopenia. Three days later developed sudden onset typical chest pain at rest associated […]