Meeting
Abstract Number: 665
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 42 year old female who was previously healthy presented to hospital for evaluation of rash. The rash had appeared 5 days prior and was pruritic in nature. The rash began on the patient’s chest and face and spread to the rest of her torso and extremities. The rash began as purpuric papules […]
Abstract Number: 759
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male with past medical history of hypertension and lumbar spinal stenosis presented with numbness of the first and second digits of the left hand that progressed to weak grasp over the previous 24 hours. On arrival, vital signs were normal. Exam was significant for a well appearing male in […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: The patient is a previously healthy two-month-old male who presented in August with six days of fever and a new-onset rash. He underwent a full sepsis evaluation and he was empirically started on Ceftriaxone. He had negative blood, urine and CSF cultures. His initial laboratory results were notable for a mild leukocytosis of […]