Meeting
Abstract Number: 924
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61 year old female with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) on inhaled steroids underwent left lower lobectomy for Stage 1 Lung Adenocarcinoma in August 2017. While recovering, her house was flooded by Hurricane Harvey, in Houston, Texas. She was directly exposed to flood waters and subsequently lived with mold in her home. […]
Abstract Number: 940
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with a history of bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing’s disease, who received hydrocortisone replacement (hydrocortisone 20 mg/day; 15 mg after breakfast and 5 mg in the afternoon) for 50 years, visited our emergency department with epigastric pain and palpitations. The symptoms manifested without any obvious cause when the patient was at […]
Abstract Number: 1107
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72 year old woman with a history of recurrent, metastatic breast cancer complicated by pembrolizumab-related immune-mediated colitis presented to our hospital with sudden onset dizziness and shortness of breath. Four weeks prior to presentation, she suffered a colitis flare and was treated with a rapid 40 mg prednisone taper along with dapsone […]
Abstract Number: 1148
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with prior right adrenalectomy for primary hyperaldosteronism presents with lightheadedness, resistant hypertension, and hypokalemia.He had been diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism several years prior following workup for resistant hypertension, chronic hypokalemia, and orthostasis. At that time, he was found to have an elevated aldosterone level associated with suppressed renin and normal […]