Meeting
Abstract Number: 756
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 89-year-old year old woman with a history of type II diabetes mellitus, insulin-naïve and well-controlled on a regimen of metformin, sitagliptin, and dapagliflozin, presented with 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and poor intake of food and liquids. She had recently been prescribed cephalexin for a suspected UTI. She reported a subacute history […]
Abstract Number: 813
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with a history of type II diabetes mellitus on metformin presented with five days of severe, post-prandial epigastric pain with inability to tolerate meals. Labs on admission were notable for mild hyperglycemia with finger stick blood glucose between 100 and 200 mmol/L with an anion gap of 21, pH 7.3, […]
Abstract Number: G48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with Type 2 DM presented with 2 weeks of malaise, 3 days of cough, dyspnea, and fatigue. His wife noted his breath smelt different over the last 2 weeks. He had a thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter 2 weeks prior and started a ketogenic, intermittent fasting diet after. Medications include empagliflozin […]