Meeting
Abstract Number: 729
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old Hispanic man with a history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and glioblastoma multiforme treated with right parietal craniotomy and temozolomide, presented with fever, headache, and odynophagia. He reported a week of odynophagia with solids and liquids, worsening headaches, and fever of 100.4 F. His last cycle of temozolomide and radiation […]
Abstract Number: 729
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 57 year old female presented to our institution for evaluation of progressive dyspnea. Symptoms were present for three months prior to presentation. She was seen in the emergency department and initial laboratories showed a white blood cell count of 2.3K/cumm, hemoglobin of 3.8g/dL, and platelet count of 277K/cumm. Electrolytes were within normal […]
Abstract Number: 1237
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 35-year-old female with past medical history of mitochondrial disease, asthma, Fanconi syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and GERD presented to the hospital with a four-day history of dyspnea due to Rhinovirus seen on respiratory panel. The patient was managed in the intensive care unit for non-invasive ventilation support, and received solumedrol, albuterol, ipratropium, and azithromycin. […]