Meeting
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A-28-year-old male with history of asthma and bipolar disorder presented to our hospital with a 10-day old, painful rash on bilateral lower extremities. History was significant for flea bites that occurred a day before the rash started. The rash started off as 3/10 petichae on both legs, but over 2 days it rapidly […]
Abstract Number: 912
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old man presented after experiencing fatigue and fever for two days. He complained of accompanying dyspnea with decreased exercise tolerance and new four-pillow orthopnea. He had a history of myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease status-post multi-vessel coronary artery bypass graft, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator […]
Abstract Number: 1041
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 65 year old man with history of end stage renal disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, diabetes presented with complaints of rash in his bilateral legs for four days. Few days later, he noticed petechial rash involving bilateral ankles and feet that started on the left side and did spread to involve bilateral […]
Abstract Number: 1154
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis, and fifty-pound weight loss in the past seven months, was admitted to the hospital for left parietal and right occipital stroke. Asthma was diagnosed in childhood and was well-controlled without recent exacerbation. Patient had focal right hand weakness of 4/5 strength, petechiae on the left lateral […]