Meeting
Abstract Number: 449
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with type two diabetes mellitus and morbid obesity presented with one month of generalized weakness, fatigue and fever. This was his third hospitalization with these same symptoms; no definitive diagnosis was identified the previous two. He also complained of headache, a dry cough, and upper abdominal pain. Pertinent exam findings […]
Abstract Number: 635
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A sixty-two year old woman presented with altered mental status, acute right-sided weakness, hypoglycemia, and acute-on-chronic kidney disease. Physical exam was also significant for lower extremity edema. A head CT demonstrated left parietal meningioma. Her symptoms resolved, but her hospital course was complicated by worsening pulmonary hypertension, diastolic dysfunction and progression of her […]
Abstract Number: 657
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old Hispanic male with no past medical history presented to our hospital with worsening abdominal pain for approximately two months. He described the pain as initially intermittent but progressive and was not associated with eating food. In addition, he also complained of a diffuse maculo-papular rash involving the palms and soles that persisted […]