Meeting
Abstract Number: 536
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Syncope has many varied etiologies, ranging from cardiogenic to neurologic phenomena. We present a case of a gastrointestinal (GI) tumor causing anemia and subsequent syncope in a patient with no clinical evidence of GI bleeding. A 79-year-old Filipino female with sick sinus syndrome status-post pacemaker placement, atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation, history of a stroke with […]
Abstract Number: 825
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old man with a history of psoriasis on adalimumab, coronary artery disease with prior stents, presented with chest pressure, dizziness, and dyspnea on exertion after noticing three days of melena and crampy abdominal pain. He denied nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, or bright red blood per rectum. Other than taking aspirin 81mg once […]