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Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Community acquired severity scores are well known and used routinely in predicting mortality and risk of inpatient and ICU admission in suspected bacterial pneumonia patients. However such scores have not been studied in patients with influenza infection and influenza pneumonia. We attempted to validate one such score, CURB65 and and identify other scores that […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Community acquired severity scores are well known and used routinely in predicting mortality and risk of inpatient and ICU admission in suspected bacterial pneumonia patients. However such scores have not been studied in patients with influenza infection and influenza pneumonia. We attempted to validate one such score, CURB65 and and identify other scores that […]
Abstract Number: 470
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with a past medical history of uncontrolled hypertension, migraine, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 presented with one week of poor oral intake, nausea, vomiting, vague abdominal pain, and chronic nonproductive cough. Physical exam revealed poor skin turgor, and lungs with crackles bilaterally. Laboratory studies showed Creatinine of 5.31 mg/dl […]
Abstract Number: 486
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Introduction: Hydralazine is an adjunctive antihypertensive medication that is associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) – associated vasculitis. Kidney involvement usually comprises a pauci-immune, necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescents. We describe a rare case of hydralazine induced ANCA positive vasculitis with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and without glomerular involvement. Case Report: A 74 year old […]
Abstract Number: 591
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old Caucasian man, with no past medical history presented to ER with acute onset generalized muscle weakness, more pronounced in both legs, which started upon awakening in the morning. He reported 40 lbs weight loss over 2 months in spite of increased appetite. Patient denied palpitations, heat intolerance, dysphagia or change in […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 59 year-old female with past medical history of Hashimoto’s thyrotoxicosis was admitted because of fatigue, myalgia, acute renal injury with hematuria and proteinuria, positive p-ANCA, positive stool guaiac test, and elevated inflammatory markers. She also had a head CT and MRI done for a new onset of left foot numbness and both […]