Meeting
Abstract Number: 571
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female presented with a three-day history of nausea, vomiting, and diffuse abdominal pain radiating to her back. The day prior to admission, the patient started having hematemesis, characterized as “streaks” of blood in her emesis. The patient had recently been in a motor vehicular accident leading to a tibial plateau fracture […]
Abstract Number: 1104
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Boerhaave’s syndrome, or effort rupture of the esophagus, is a rare and potentially life-threatening surgical emergency occurring in about 3.1/1,000,000 people per year1. We present a case of Boerhaave’s syndrome associated with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS). Discussion: A 21-year-old male with a history of daily marijuana use for the last 5 years presented […]