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Search Results for Acute abdomen
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 38 year old lady with past medical history of recurrent kidney stones presented to the emergency department with a 1 day history of lethargy, confusion, and severe right sided abdominal pain. She was febrile with temperature of 38.9oC and tachycardic with heart rate of 168 bpm. She had leukocytosis of 13,000/ml and […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with chronic mesenteric ischemia was admitted for symptomatic inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) stenosis. She underwent IMA stent placement with a postoperative course notable for abdominal pain and nausea. Two weeks later, she was transferred to a medicine service for uncontrolled hypertension. Overnight, the patient had sudden-onset nausea and vomiting […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male presented with a 4 day history of rectal and abdominal pain. He denied any previous medical history. He also noted three months of productive cough, pyrexia, chills, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed right lower quadrant tenderness accompanied by abdominal rigidity and involuntary guarding. The patient declined digital rectal examination. […]
Abstract Number: D49
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 93-year-old female was brought by her daughter via EMS to the emergency department with complaints of vomiting and drowsiness. She was treated, 2 weeks prior, with Cefalexin for a presumed UTI. After antibiotics initiation, the patient developed multiple episodes of non-bloody, watery diarrhea, with subsequent drowsiness, confusion, and poor appetite. She denied […]