Meeting
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 27 year old female with bulimia nervosa (self induced vomiting and laxative abuse) and major depressive disorder presented to the emergency department because of chest pain and lower extremity twitching. Initial evaluation was remarkable for multiple life threatening electrolyte abnormalities including hyponatremia (123 mmol/L), hypokalemia (1.7 mmol/L), hypochloremia (
Abstract Number: 657
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 42-year-old female with a past medical history notable for bulimia nervosa that presented to the hospital with a several-month history of worsening confusion and disorientation. The patient’s daughter reported that during this time she had occasional nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, and lower extremity weakness. She also reported that the […]
Abstract Number: 744
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36 year-old female with history of bulimia nervosa, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder presented to the emergency department after she woke up with painful spasm of bilateral hands. She had been vomiting multiple times daily for the past few days but denied any paresthesia, numbness, weakness, tingling, diarrhea, laxative or diuretic […]