Meeting
Abstract Number: 821
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old woman with a history of osteoporosis, GERD, diverticulitis, and osteoarthritis presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure one day after receiving zoledronic acid (ZA) for treatment of osteoporosis. The seizure was refractory to medical management and she required intubation for airway protection. Labs were […]
Abstract Number: 821
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 44-year-old female with recent history of cognitive deficits, aphasia, and memory difficulty, who was initially treated with IV tPA with a therapeutic response at another institution. CT and MRI of the brain performed during that hospitalization were negative for acute intracranial process. Three months later she was referred to our institution by a […]