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Abstract Number: 792
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman presented following accidental ingestion and aspiration of lighter fluid during a fire-breathing performance. She noted difficulty breathing, significant oral pain, and a burning sensation in her throat and chest.Initial vitals were notable for tachycardia to 110s, tachypnea to mid-20s, and oxygen saturation of 100% on non-rebreather mask. She appeared anxious […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented to the hospital with complaints of fever, cough for 1 week. The patient was diaphoretic and also complained of malaise. He was admitted after a failed course of oral antibiotics due to suspected pneumonia. The patient denied any chest pain, dyspnea, or sputum production with the cough. Physical […]
Abstract Number: 804
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Japanese man without significant past medical history presented with one month of progressive malaise, fevers, chills, and swollen, painful lymph nodes on the right side of his neck. Prior to coming to our hospital, he was seen in an emergency department and was given a course of penicillin for presumed adenitis […]
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A-28-year-old male with history of asthma and bipolar disorder presented to our hospital with a 10-day old, painful rash on bilateral lower extremities. History was significant for flea bites that occurred a day before the rash started. The rash started off as 3/10 petichae on both legs, but over 2 days it rapidly […]
Abstract Number: 828
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old healthy Hispanic male presented to the hospital for evaluation of fever and sore throat for 4 weeks. He had no significant past medical history and he was not on any medications. His vital signs were within normal limits. Physical exam revealed icterus and no hepatosplenomegaly. The remainder of the physical exam […]
Abstract Number: 833
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 79 yo. female with PMH of A. Fib on Warfarin, HFpEF, Hypertension,PVD, CKD-III who presented to the hospital with generalized weakness and recent falls. Reported gradual decline over about 1 month before admission. She reported that symptoms started with “stomach flu” about 4 days prior with chills, nausea, and abdominal pain. She complained […]
Abstract Number: 841
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: WF, an 88-year-old man with advanced, wild-type transthyretin-associated (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis (on tafamidis) complicated by distal conduction disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, presented with syncope and was admitted to the cardiac critical care unit for symptomatic, bradycardic atrial fibrillation. A continuous dopamine infusion was started with resolution of symptoms and […]
Abstract Number: 844
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old non-smoker male with a past medical history of hypertension presented to the hospital with worsening left-sided chest pain for 2 days. The chest pain was intermittent and associated with exertion. The patient denied any fever, cough or recent illnesses.On exam patient was slightly hypertensive with blood pressure 154/96, pulse rate of […]
Abstract Number: 848
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male with no significant past medical history was admitted with 10 days of persistent fevers, cough, shortness of breath that worsened with exertion, weight loss, nausea, and vomiting. The patient had no history of travel to any TB-endemic areas, was in a monogamous relationship with his wife, denied IVDU, and had […]
Abstract Number: 876
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old man with past medical history significant for tobacco, marijuana, and e-cigarette use presented to the emergency department for hemoptysis, dyspnea, cough with pleuritic chest pain, and subjective fevers. Twenty-four hours prior to presentation, the patient endorsed first-time use of a street-purchased e-cigarette cartridge containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The patient had acute […]