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Abstract Number: 120
Antibiotic Discordance Between Emergency Physicians and Hospitalists for Children Admitted with Respiratory Illness
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Acute respiratory illness is the most common reason for hospitalization in children. Antibiotics are recommended for hospitalized children with community‐acquired pneumonia despite an inability to distinguish bacterial from the more common viral etiologies. Chest x‐rays are also frequently ordered in children with asthma and bronchiolitis to look for concomitant pneumonia. As a result, antibiotics […]
Abstract Number: 120
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN USE IN HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) syndrome is an immune-mediated disorder producing thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, with or without prior exposure to heparin. Although avoidance of heparin products and non-heparin anticoagulants are used, immune-based therapies including intravenous immunoglobulin have been tried when the thrombocytopenia persists or there is breakthrough thrombosis. We sought to systematically review and analyze the […]
Abstract Number: 567
‘DOUBLE TROUBLE: A CASE REPORT OF GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME, COMPLICATED BY ACUTE ONSET OF HYPONATREMIA’
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: 567
Radically Recurrent Rhabdo
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27‐year old man presented with severe muscle cramping in all extremities. The symptoms began following hours of yard work in hot weather. He had previously experienced two similar episodes but otherwise had no medical history. He took no medications, had no allergies and denied illicit drug use; he stated his brother sometimes […]
Abstract Number: 755
Multifocal Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in an Immunocompetent Adolescent
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 15-year-old boy was transferred to the hospital with a 10 month history of a left cervical mass and 6 months of right calf swelling. The neck mass appeared after the patient sustained a blow to the area during a football game. The mass was not associated with any erythema or warmth. 4 […]
Abstract Number: 755
PARVOVIRUS B19 RELATED CYTOPENIA IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27 y.o. male with a history of pre-B cell ALL in complete remission on maintenance therapy with vincristine, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate, and receiving intrathecal methotrexate for CNS prophylaxis presented with a 2 week history of fevers, productive cough, night sweats, and fatigue. He had no recent exposure to children or sick contacts. Physical […]
Abstract Number: 1217
WHICH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IS IT ANYWAY? A CASE OF NEUROSARCOIDOSIS WITH POSITIVE SJOGREN’S ANTIBODIES
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 36 year old African-American gentleman with a history of asthma presented to the Emergency Department with dizziness, numbness of both lower extremities, gait imbalance, bowel and bladder incontinence which had been worsening since the last 2 months. MRI thoracic spine revealed Focus of abnormal T2 signal within the upper thoracic spinal cord […]
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