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Search Results for Ulcerative colitis
Abstract Number: 758
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: AR is a 3-week-old full term, previously healthy girl, who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a rash involving the perianal skin and gluteal crease. The rash began at 1 week of life. The primary care provider (PCP) presumed it was a typical diaper dermatitis, and prescribed oral amoxicillin and mupirocin ointment. […]
Abstract Number: 758
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient was a 38 year old male with a 5 year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) who presented with a flare of symptoms during the past year, resulting in a 60 lb weight loss. He had been having up to 42 bloody bowel movements per day. The patient was found to have […]
Abstract Number: 905
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 13 month-old girl presented with twenty-one days of fever and lethargy, as well as one week of decreased oral intake and intermittent diarrhea. She had been previously healthy and was current on her vaccinations. On day twenty-one of illness her pediatrician directly admitted her after initial laboratory assessment was notable for WBC […]
Abstract Number: 905
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old man with a past medical history of Ulcerative Colitis (on mesalamine and non-compliant with steroid suppositories) presented as a transfer from an outside hospital (OSH) with fevers, left sided chest soreness, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea for 1 week. CT chest, abdomen, pelvis from OSH revealed diffuse colitis as well as […]
Abstract Number: 966
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis (both diagnosed at age 15) was admitted to the hospital with a month-long history of hematochezia complicated by anemia and kidney injury. Historically, the patient’s AIH and UC was managed with an immunosuppressive medley; however, the patient had not used any medications within the […]
Abstract Number: 966
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with untreated generalized anxiety disorder, coronary artery disease, and a remote non-ST elevation myocardial infarction presents with non-exertional chest pressure for one day. The patient had multiple prior hospitalizations for similar symptoms with associated chronic anxiety, though with consistently negative cardiac work-ups. On presentation, he was hemodynamically stable with electrocardiogram […]