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Abstract Number: 931
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78 year old woman with a PMH of asthma, sinusitis, CAD with stents and recent influenza presents with chest pain. Her EKG was without ST changes and troponin was 0.08 ng/mL. Other labs were significant for WBC of 10,900 cells/uL, and absolute eosinophil count 2800 cells/uL. She was diagnosed with NSTEMI and […]
Abstract Number: 954
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old Columbian woman presented with 5 weeks of malaise, epistaxis, and hemoptysis. Physical exam was relevant for fever, conjunctival injection, hoarseness, coarse breath sounds, tachycardia, mononeuritis, trace lower extremity edema, and no stigmata of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Labs were significant for a creatinine of 2.8, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis of 992×103, and microscopic hematuria. […]
Abstract Number: 1022
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66 year-old woman presents with three weeks of acute onset bilateral lower extremity pain and foot weakness; two weeks of dyspnea, non-productive cough, epistaxis; and one week of oliguria and lower extremity edema. Her past medical history includes COPD, prior heavy tobacco use, and pre-diabetes. Medications and allergies are non-contributable. Her father […]
Abstract Number: 1025
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is the case of a 55-year-old female with history of asthma who presented with chief complaint of abdominal pain. The patient endorsed an 8-month history of intermittent stomach discomfort that acutely worsened to severe RUQ pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Social history was notable for recent travel to China and herbal supplement use. Patient’s outpatient […]
Abstract Number: 1044
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old male with history of complicated otitis media with bilateral facial palsy presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-week history of dry cough, bilateral eye redness and epistaxis. The patient had recurrent episodes of bilateral purulent otitis media over the past 4 months, failing treatment with anti-histamines and antibiotics, and […]
Abstract Number: 1063
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 82-year-old male was admitted for generalized weakness lasting several weeks. Past medical history consisted of dilated cardiomyopathy status-post AICD, remote history of large B-cell lymphoma, chronic headache and dizziness for years with worsening over the last several months. Patient’s presentation was notable for low grade fever and hypotension. Physical exam showed a […]
Abstract Number: 1084
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with history notable for Crohn´s disease in remission presents with dysphagia associated with an unintentional 16kg weight loss over six weeks. Review of symptoms is notable for chronic diarrhea which stopped 3 days prior to admission and acute dysuria and polyuria. She is afebrile and hemodynamically stable. Initial laboratory studies […]
Abstract Number: 1091
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with no significant medical history presented with a 3-day history of peri-umbilical pain localized to the right iliac fossa. Pain was sharp in nature, constant and aggravated by movement. No bowel or urinary symptoms and no previous abdominal surgeries. No history of inflammatory bowel disease or sarcoidosis. Upon admission, had […]
Abstract Number: 1132
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old woman presented with acute bilateral hearing loss and pedal weakness and numbness. Vital signs were within normal limits. Physical exam was significant for 0/5 strength of dorsiflexion bilaterally and reduced touch sensation over the dorsal aspect of both feet; hearing was diminished, right greater than left. Initial labs were unremarkable. CT […]
Abstract Number: 1154
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis, and fifty-pound weight loss in the past seven months, was admitted to the hospital for left parietal and right occipital stroke. Asthma was diagnosed in childhood and was well-controlled without recent exacerbation. Patient had focal right hand weakness of 4/5 strength, petechiae on the left lateral […]