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Abstract Number: 525
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 60-year-old African American male with history of polyarticular tophaceous gout, chronic back pain related to DDD, HTN, CKD stage III, HIV on HAART, COPD presented with worsening back pain of 1-week duration associated with progressive lower extremity weakness and inability to walk. Low back pain was noted as sharp, stabbing in nature radiating […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 76 year old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with acute onset ascending weakness, perioral tingling, and loss of temperature sensation. The patient’s profound weakness progressed over the course of a few days, with subsequent diplopia, hallucinations, and confusion. He received the influenza vaccine a few weeks prior, and […]
Abstract Number: 840
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 77-year-old woman who presented with a two-day history of progressively worsening oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysphonia and left upper extremity weakness. She was discharged from the hospital three days prior for a three-month history of a pruritic rash. During the previous hospitalization, she was noted to have facial erythema, Shawl and […]
Abstract Number: 893
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 20 year-old female presented to the emergency department with a one-week history of fever, neck swelling, and sore throat. A rapid streptococcal antigen screen was negative, and she was diagnosed with viral upper respiratory tract infection and discharged home from the ED. She followed up with her primary care provider and physical […]
Abstract Number: 997
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old woman with a history of gastric bypass surgery six years prior, vitamin B12 deficiency, latent TB, and recent bilateral granulomatous panuveitis of unclear etiology one year prior (treated empirically with TMP/SMX for possible toxoplasmosis) presented to the hospital with falls at home. On further history, she endorsed four months of gradually […]
Abstract Number: 1068
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man presented with acute progressively worsening diplopia for two days duration. He also developed dysarthria, difficulty swallowing, generalized muscle weakness, and shortness of breath which prompted him to seek medical attention. He was bradycardic, but otherwise afebrile and normotensive. On exam, he was diaphoretic while taking shallow breaths. Neurological exam was […]
Abstract Number: 1229
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A morbidly obese 61-year-old man with coronary artery disease presented for evaluation of exertional dyspnea. No chest pain was reported. Transthoracic echocardiogram and pulmonary function tests were normal, but his dyspnea persisted. Lifestyle modifications and inhaler trials failed to improve his dyspnea. Left and right coronary angiography were completed. A 90% stenosis of […]