Meeting
Abstract Number: 484
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease status post 5-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting and subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention, essential hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) presented to the hospital with a 4 month history of chronic progressive abdominal pain and diarrhea with a 70 pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: 485
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with neurogenic bladder requiring self-catheterization, atrial fibrillation on coumadin, and osteoarthritis on chronic ibuprofen presented with lower extremity weakness after a fall. He was found to have a supratherapeutic INR of 6.6 and temperature of 39°C. Laboratory work showed leukocytosis to 15.5 th/mm3 and urinalysis with 3+ leukocyte esterase and […]
Abstract Number: 827
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old male from India presented with acute epigastric abdominal pain, dysphagia, decreased appetite, nausea, and generalized weakness. This case starts 6 months prior to admission when he was found to have an elevated creatinine at a routine primary care visit. Subsequently, due to worsening kidney function, a kidney biopsy was performed […]