Meeting
Abstract Number: 535
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61 year-old-man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and progressive forgetfulness was admitted to the hospital with generalized weakness and difficulty ambulating for one week. His review of systems was positive for hyperpigmentation over the past year. He was taking aspirin, insulin and lisinopril. He was a chronic smoker. Family history was unremarkable. […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year old male with no significant medical history presented to an outside facility complaining of fatigue, weakness, nausea and vomiting. He had moderate alcohol history and significant weight loss over the past 6 months. Initial lab workup was notable for elevated liver transaminases with a hepatocellular pattern, Maddrey score of 53.6 […]
Abstract Number: 603
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 28 year old man presented to the ED with hypotension and tachycardia. Laboratory evaluation showed hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hematocrit of 47.4, cortisol level<0.5, ACTH elevated at 886, TSH 11.91, Free T4 1.0 and negative anti TPO antibody. On admission, the patient had orthostatic hypotension and ashen grey skin tone. Cosyntropin stimulation test resulted […]