Meeting
Abstract Number: 640
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 50 year old female presented to the emergency department with abrupt onset of an intractable headache with altered mental status. On presentation, symptoms were pertinent for headache, neck pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting. Temperature was 103.1F, Heart rate 95 beats per minute (bpm), and blood pressure 102/71. Initial labs were […]
Abstract Number: 976
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 62-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus and breast cancer in remission presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of intermittent frontal headache for 2-3 weeks progressing to 1 day of fever, altered mentation, aphasia, and vomiting. In the ED, patient was afebrile with stable vital signs. Initial labs […]