Meeting
Abstract Number: 394
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old female presented to the emergency department with weakness and fatigue. She reported new onset midsternal chest pain that began approximately twelve hours prior to admission. She had noticed episodes of palpitations and tachycardia over the course of the past two months for which she was prescribed metoprolol tartrate, with no relief. […]
Abstract Number: 595
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 73 year old male patient was referred to our facility for further evaluation of abnormal cardiac imaging. Patient has no prior history of coronary artery disease, has history of stage I (pT1bN0M0) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) status post right nephrectomy 12 years prior to his presentation. He had no evidence of residual […]
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 49 year old female, with no significant medical history, who started having intermittent fevers, night sweats, and fatigue 11 months prior. She reported a temperature of 100.4°F with cough and rhinorrhea, diagnosed as bronchitis with an elevated CRP of 40 mg/L. She reported some improvement with azithromycin but continued to […]
Abstract Number: 1075
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82 yo F with history of HTN, HLD, anemia, and atrial fibrillation presented to the ED with right-sided weakness and aphasia. She was subsequently found to have an acute left MCA stroke, which was treated with thrombectomy. She was not on anti-coagulation for her atrial fibrillation due to history of GI bleed […]