Meeting
Abstract Number: 1065
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female presented with painful swelling in the left lower extremity. She had a similar complaint over 30 years ago when she was on oral contraceptives and was eventually diagnosed with a deep venous thrombosis(DVT) in the left leg. Vitals showed an oral temperature of 36.7degree celsius , heart rate of 76, […]
Abstract Number: 1065
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male with past medical history of GERD, hypothyroidism, and pre-diabetes presented with fever, chills, lethargy and 5-pound unintentional weight loss for 2 weeks. He denied abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting. No history of recent travel or IV drug use was present. Physical exam was unremarkable. Labs were significant for neutrophil-predominant leukocytosis […]