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Abstract Number: 509
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old healthy female presented for three weeks of abdominal pain, loose non-bloody stools accompanied by night sweats and an eight-pound weight loss. Initial exam was only significant for diffuse abdominal pain. An abdominal X-ray demonstrated a unique appearing paravertebral stripe which prompted a follow up MRI abdomen/pelvis. MRI imaging revealed a 5.8 […]
Abstract Number: 546
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old male auto-mechanic, with a history of tobacco use, presented with acute right-sided pleuritic chest pain. He was diagnosed with musculoskeletal pain and discharged from the ED. Several days later he returned with dyspnea, dry cough, fever and diaphoresis. He revealed that he recently tried vaping marijuana (THC) oil. Vital signs were […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency room with chest pain and shortness of breath. She was febrile to 40 degrees Celsius and tachypneic. Physical exam was notable for bilateral crackles in her lower bases. Her social history indicated former marijuana use and current e-cigarette use (Juule, […]
Abstract Number: 634
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old male with past medical history of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and mild asthma presented with shortness of breath during a double red cell donation (DRCD). DRCD is a procedure where two packs of whole blood are taken from a donor, and plasma is separated from them, this plasma is then transfused back to the […]
Abstract Number: 650
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old man was admitted to the inpatient medical service with worsening cough and dyspnea. He also reported progressive muscle weakness and myalgias over the past several weeks. His past medical history was significant for tobacco use, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and obesity. On admission, he was hemodynamically stable and afebrile with mild tachypnea […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 23 year old male with history of 8 years of vaping presents with 3 days history of fever, tachypnea, diarrhea, nausea. On initial presentation he had signs of sepsis with hypoxia.Vitals: TMax – 102.7, PR – 119, BP 124/82, RR 28.Labs-WBC-14,800, N- 92%, L 1%, Hb 13.2, Platelets 276, Na 132, K – […]
Abstract Number: 752
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old man with history of Stage IV Mantle cell lymphoma on maintenance Rituximab presented to the emergency department with acute confusion and expressive aphasia. Patient was at his behavioral and functional baseline prior to this episode and there had not been any recent illnesses, medication changes or inciting events. Initial […]
Abstract Number: 798
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55 year old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department with two weeks of palpitations and chest pain. He experienced intermittent chest pressure and palpitations that were worse while lying down. He denied recent change in weight, skin changes, or SOB. He had a 45 pack-year smoking history, having quit two years […]
Abstract Number: 956
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19 year old female with history of marijuana use presented with subacute, progressive shortness of breath. Productive cough began two weeks prior to presentation. She was diagnosed with atypical pneumonia and received azithromycin from her outpatient provider. After two days without improvement in symptoms, she presented to a nearby hospital with acutely […]
Abstract Number: 973
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old woman with a history of polysubstance abuse and recent e-cigarette/vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) presented to the Emergency Room (ER) at a rural medical center with Acute Respiratory Failure and Altered Mental Status (AMS). Pt was 3 months post-partum. Past medical history included chronic migraine headaches and Grave’s disease. […]