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Abstract Number: 725
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on apixaban and panhypopituitarism secondary to resection of a pituitary adenoma in the 1980s presented to our hospital for chest pain. His recent history is notable for recurrent cystitis and Clostridium difficile infections requiring stress-doses of glucocorticoids; his endocrinologist had been attempting to taper […]
Abstract Number: 859
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59 year old female with a history of Hepatitis C cirrhosis, esophageal varices, type 2 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease, and hypertension presented to the emergency department to be evaluated for fever at the behest of her dialysis center. She endorsed chills, diffuse abdominal pain, and dyspnea over the past week. She […]
Abstract Number: 910
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension initially presented with episodes of double vision, fatigue and dysphagia. Physical exam was remarkable for right-sided ptosis which improved with the ice pack test. Serology was positive for anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Further workup revealed a decremental response to slow (2Hz) repetitive nerve […]
Abstract Number: 1005
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with a recently diagnosed HIV infection presented to the hospital with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and fatigue for 4 days. Six weeks prior, he was found to have HIV infection with a CD4+ cell count of 17 cells/ul and an HIV viral load of 41,399 copies/mL. He was prescribed antiretroviral […]
Abstract Number: 1108
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea presented to the hospital with acute onset shortness of breath. Several months prior, she had undergone dental extraction that was complicated by poor wound healing. Unusually, the surgeon noted pus from the site of extraction but when further analyzed, it was […]
Abstract Number: 1148
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with prior right adrenalectomy for primary hyperaldosteronism presents with lightheadedness, resistant hypertension, and hypokalemia.He had been diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism several years prior following workup for resistant hypertension, chronic hypokalemia, and orthostasis. At that time, he was found to have an elevated aldosterone level associated with suppressed renin and normal […]