Meeting
Abstract Number: 423
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a common hospital problem which may lead to increased mortality, hospital costs, and increased length of stay (1). A leading cause of renal dysfunction in the inpatient population is drug nephrotoxicity. Several studies show that physician prescribers often do not take renal function into account with new or existing […]
Abstract Number: 423
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32‐year‐old West African man with a history of malaria presented to the ER with dizziness, severe fatigue, palpitations, and dyspnea on exertion. On initial assessment, he was found to have sublingual icterus, bounding peripheral pulses, tachycardia, and a loud systolic murmur. Chest x‐ray revealed bilateral hazy lung opacities and laboratory values were […]