Meeting
Abstract Number: 742
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62 YO woman with PMHx significant for type 2 DM, HTN, CAD with a previous MI, and OSA was recovering as expected from elective decompressive laminectomy. On POD 4 she developed nausea, confusion, and lethargy. The hospitalist service was consulted, prompting a metabolic work-up that suggested anion gap metabolic acidosis. There were […]
Abstract Number: 773
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and Type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with metformin and canagliflozin presented to the hospital with lethargy and malaise. She reported that her blood glucose was stable over the past 2 weeks with fingerstick glucoses ranging from 100-130mg/ dL. She had been vomiting […]
Abstract Number: N37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes with non-adherence to insulin, GERD, and daily alcohol use presented to the emergency department for three days of epigastric abdominal pain and vomiting. He had previously experienced two months of worsening nausea and epigastric fullness with eating accompanied by a 30-pound unintentional […]