Meeting
Abstract Number: 490
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old-male with no significant past medical history who presents to the hospital with 2 months of progressive exertional dyspnea, palpitations and scrotal pain. He has also noticed some leg swelling and has a nonproductive cough. For the past 6 months, he has had ongoing diarrhea and unintentional weight loss of about 20 […]
Abstract Number: 523
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old black male with a history of generalized epilepsy first diagnosed one year ago presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after one episode of a witnessed generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Upon arrival at the ED, he was at his baseline mental state. However, just moments later, he had another refractory generalized tonic-clonic seizure […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old female with unremarkable past medical history presented with a 3-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Vital signs were significant for temperature of 38.3 C and heart rate of 180 BPM. Physical exam revealed left-sided costovertebral angle tenderness. Laboratory studies were notable for total bilirubin 2.7 mg/dL, direct […]