Meeting
Abstract Number: 538
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29‐year‐old male with a history marijuana and cocaine use presented with abdominal pain of three weeks duration. The pain was associated with nausea, emesis, dark urine, night sweats and fever. He denied recent travel or sick contacts. On admission he was mildly tachycardic and afebrile. On physical exam he had left upper […]
Abstract Number: 538
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old female presented with headaches and intermittent fevers. On initial examination, she had left hand weakness. Laboratory findings revealed leukocytosis; brain MRI demonstrated multiple bilateral cerebral infarcts. Initial workup was concerning for embolic stroke which initiated our search for a cardioembolic source. No significant abnormalities were seen on transthoracic echo (TTE) and […]