Meeting
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old Caucasian woman with history of surgically-repaired lumbar spinal stenosis presented with a progressive swollen and painful right foot over past few hours. The patient was concerned of a spider bite though did not see a spider. The dorsal aspect of the foot was erythematous, edematous, with a pinpoint area of necrosis […]
Abstract Number: 778
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Few spider bites are medically significant. A 24-year-old African American woman presented with malaise, fever, nausea, and myalgias. She reported a sharp pain on her lower back the night prior that at first felt like burning before progressing to pain. Her initial vitals were T 101, HR 120, BP 141/117. Physical exam revealed […]