Meeting
Abstract Number: 549
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 8-week pregnant G5P1041 24-year-old African American female with no past medical history presented with acute onset left-sided weakness, slurred speech, and paresthesia. Her symptoms started a day after taking one dose of misoprostol as morning-after pill. She used misoprostol multiple times previously with neither neurological nor cardiovascular symptoms. On physical examination, her […]
Abstract Number: 569
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old woman presented with left hemiparesis following elective hip replacement. Past medical history noted essential hypertension currently untreated and bilateral hip dysplasia corrected as a child. She took ibuprofen and hydrocodone-acetaminophen for pain. She was adopted at age two. She smoked a half pack of cigarettes daily. Right total hip arthroplasty was […]
Abstract Number: 717
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 y/o female with no significant past medical history and long term use of phentermine for weight loss presented to our hospital with complaints of transient right sided weakness and right sided facial droop lasting 30 min. At time of presentation, her symptoms had resolved completely and review of systems and physical […]
Abstract Number: 776
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 37-year-old female with a past medical history of cerebral palsy and iron deficiency anemia due to heavy menstrual periods who presented with right-sided leg weakness for a few hours. Upon the patient’s arrival to the emergency room a stroke code was called. A CT scan of the […]
Abstract Number: 820
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Patient is a 63 year old female with medical history of migraines and a right corona radiata infarct diagnosed about a year prior who presented to the emergency department with slurred speech, left sided facial droop, and left upper extremity numbness. Other pertinent history includes tobacco use which she quit after her initial […]