Meeting
Abstract Number: 685
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman with a past medical history of mild intermittent asthma treated with albuterol and morbid obesity status post gastric sleeve surgery presented to the emergency department with sharp epigastric pain of two days duration. The patient was initially seen at an urgent care center and empirically treated for gastritis with omeprazole, […]
Abstract Number: 893
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 20 year-old female presented to the emergency department with a one-week history of fever, neck swelling, and sore throat. A rapid streptococcal antigen screen was negative, and she was diagnosed with viral upper respiratory tract infection and discharged home from the ED. She followed up with her primary care provider and physical […]
Abstract Number: 1114
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with a history of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) due to Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) status post cadaveric kidney transplant one year ago presented with acute rejection of the transplanted kidney, likely due to medication non-compliance. Renal biopsy demonstrated that the kidney was no longer salvageable, and she was started […]