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Abstract Number: 613
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 63 yr old gentleman with a history of ischemic stroke and hypertension presented to the ED from his assisted living center for evaluation of R hip & knee pain. The patient reported that, 5 days prior, he had bumped into another resident and fallen on his right side. He had experienced pain […]
Abstract Number: 640
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 year old male with past medical history of COPD and schizophrenia presented with complaints of shortness of breath. The patient was discharged from a different hospital a day prior to the admission. Patient had to be intubated secondary to hypercapnic respiratory failure and was sent to the ICU. He remained intubated […]
Abstract Number: 646
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 21 year old African-American male with no medical history presented with multiple organ injuries secondary to gunshot . He had exploratory laparotomy with repair of abdominal wall , colonic resection, splenectomy, and gastric repair. Two weeks post-surgery , patient developed right femoral vein and bilateral cephalic vein thrombosis . Therapeutic dose of […]
Abstract Number: 648
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 25 year-old man presented with one month of progressively painful, bruised, and swollen bilateral calves. Symptoms started as bilateral feet and ankle pain followed by the development of bruising over the posterior aspects of his calves. The pain was described as “hard, tight” and constant, worsening with weight bearing. He was prescribed […]
Abstract Number: 662
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 62 years old male presented to the emergency department with soft tissue swelling, urticarial skin rash and acute respiratory failure. He was diagnosed with acute anaphylactic reaction with angioedema. He was given IV Epinephrine, Benadryl and solumedrol. Shortly he was intubated for airway protection. Although the Initial EKG was unremarkable, shortly the […]
Abstract Number: 686
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with a history of Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia(SLL/CLL) in remission, hypogammaglobulinemia and atrial fibrillation presented to an outside hospital with shortness of breath, facial swelling and bilateral upper extremity edema.Computed tomography scanning done prior to this admission showed that the patient had a right mediastinal mass posterior to the superior vena cava and azygous vein with possible invasioninto the right pulmonary […]
Abstract Number: 791
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old Japanese man presented with a 5-month history of bilateral leg edema. He visited his family doctor 3 months ago and started taking furosemide, but the symptom didn’t improve. His past medical history included chronic atrial fibrillation. He reported malaise, constipation and weight gain but denied fever or night sweats. On admission, […]