Meeting
Abstract Number: 684
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with nausea, vomiting, 50 lb. weight loss and generalized weakness for the past 6 months. Her primary care physician had prescribed treatment for possible reflux; symptoms did not improve. Three months prior, the patient was admitted to a community hospital where CT […]
Abstract Number: 684
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27‐year‐old woman with reported sickle‐cell disease, protein C deficiency, pulmonary embolism (PE), and recent methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia was admitted for sickle cell crisis. She was flying between the east and west coast to visit family when she experienced chest pain 45 minutes into the flight. It was sharp, 7/10 in […]