Meeting
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old Caucasian woman presented with severe vomiting and abdominal pain for three days. Her past medical history revealed that she was diagnosed in 2010 with ulcerative colitis proctitis and was recently started on azathioprine. In the past, she had received a short course of steroids, but was complicated by an increase in […]
Abstract Number: 506
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1c = 18.1%) presented with one month of worsening pleuritic chest pain, productive cough and 10-pound weight loss. He denied any gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, including diarrhea or abdominal pain. He worked as a clinical nursing assistant. Patient denied any recent international travel, animal […]