Meeting
Abstract Number: 938
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 46-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who presented with acute worsening abdominal pain for two days, along with nausea, vomiting and anorexia. The patient had polyuria and polydipsia but denied dysuria, diarrhea, fevers or chills. He had no personal or family history of pancreatitis, gallstones, or […]
Abstract Number: 938
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with perinatal acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prescribed highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), complicated by progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), recurrent herpes, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma in remission presented in status epilepticus. Seizure activity was terminated by levitiracetam and lorazepam soon after onset. Exam was notable for decreased consciousness, asymmetric pupils minimally reactive […]