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Abstract Number: 850
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS/DRESS) is a severe reaction to an identifiable drug, manifesting as a rash, eosinophilia, lymphadenopathy, fever and frequently internal organ involvement. Though recovery is often achieved with early identification and withdrawal of the offending agent, mortality can reach 5-10% due to resulting fulminant hepatic failure, multiorgan failure, myocarditis or […]
Abstract Number: 916
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 41 y.o male with no past medical history presented with shortness of breath at rest. On presentation, he was febrile, tachycardic to 130’s/min and tachypneic to 32 breaths/min and saturating at 99% on room air. On auscultation, he had absent left-sided breath sounds. Chest X-ray demonstrated opacification of left hemithorax and CT chest […]
Abstract Number: 983
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with a history of chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis and schizophrenia with paranoid delusions was admitted with severe progressive bilateral burning foot pain. She had a history of intermittent alcohol use and recent homelessness. She lacked a primary care doctor and sought care for her bilateral lower extremity pain […]
Abstract Number: 1177
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 10 year-old girl was admitted directly to the pediatric ward with several weeks of fever of unknown origin, lower extremity edema, right groin edema, erythema and pain. She frequently traveled to Mexico and lived in a farm-type setting.She had been treated for cellulitis with at least 7 different antibiotics at […]
Abstract Number: 1216
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 85-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension, severe peripheral vascular disease, atrial fibrillation on Coumadin was hospitalized to have lower extremity above knee amputation for long standing infection of the left lower extremity. Patient was started on cefepime and linezolid for her left lower extremity wound (cultures growing pseudomonas, vancomycin resistant […]