Meeting
Abstract Number: 476
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old female was admitted from an outside hospital for concern for osteomyelitis of her cervical spine. She had previously had a week of neck pain with limited range of motion due to pain. She was treated for E. coli sepsis following positive blood and urine cultures, but her neck pain persisted. Upon transfer, […]
Abstract Number: 668
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: This is a 77/F with Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and severe osteoarthritis who was admitted with 1 day history of mental status change, headache and neck pain with progressive pain in her hands, wrist and knee. Vitals signs revealed fever to 103F, BP 142/72, HR 72 and RR 16. Patient was lethargic but arousable, […]
Abstract Number: 867
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 95-year-old man with hypertension, benign prostatic hyperplasia, irritable bowel syndrome, and a recent herpes zoster ophthalmicus infection presented to the emergency department (ED) with fevers. The patient had been well until 3 days prior, when he developed a temperature of 103°F followed by severe pain in the neck radiating to both shoulders. […]
Abstract Number: 1008
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female with a history of Cerebrovascular accident, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis, presents to the hospital for worsening acute neck pain which had woken her up in the night a week prior. She had had minimal to no relief with Tylenol or Flexeril and her neck pain had continued […]