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Search Results for Diabetes Insipidus
Abstract Number: 487
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old woman visiting from India with history of hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency presented with four days of profuse diarrhea and fever. She was admitted for sepsis secondary to Rotavirus gastroenteritis with initial sodium level 132 (135-145 mmol/L). On day 2 of hospitalization, sepsis resolved with isotonic fluids and stress dose steroids, but […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old female presented to the ED with five days of fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, increasing confusion, and somnolence after a recent viral illness. On physical exam, she was noted to have large, fixed masses in her breasts with bulky axillary lymphadenopathy. Upon further questioning, the patient revealed that she […]
Abstract Number: 696
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of developmental disability and hypothyroidism who presented from a nursing home with fatigue and cough for three days. The patient was found to have a left upper lobe consolidation on chest x-ray consistent with pneumonia. Labs revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis. He was started […]
Abstract Number: 816
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old, previously healthy woman of Korean descent initially developed heartburn associated with thirst and frequent urination. Two months later, she presented to the Emergency Department with epigastric pain and persistent thirst. She appeared euvolemic, and her initial workup was notable for a serum sodium (SNa) of 144 mmol/L and urine specific gravity […]
Abstract Number: 854
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and recent subtotal resection of a suprasellar brain metastasis presented with subacute fatigue and confusion a month after her surgery. She was oriented only to self, normotensive, with an exam notable only for mild left sided weakness, unchanged from her post-operative discharge. Admission laboratory data showed […]
Abstract Number: 928
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old woman with no known history was admitted with symptoms of urinary incontinence and generalized weakness. Workup was notable for a positive urinalysis, positive Influenza swab, and serum sodium of 142mmol/L. She was started on ceftriaxone, oseltamivir and isotonic fluids (normal saline). On hospital day (HD) 2, her sodium was 159mmol/L, […]
Abstract Number: G29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: LF is a 63 year-old female with a history of schizoaffective disorder, gastroparesis, and stage III chronic kidney disease (CKD) who was initially admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for psychosis with suicidal and homicidal ideation in the context of medication nonadherence. Mental status exam was remarkable for persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. […]