Meeting
Abstract Number: 597
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 76 year-old male with a history of diverticulitis, T2DM, HTN, persistent atrial fibrillation and compensated alcoholic cirrhosis presented for recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). He initially presented to an outside hospital six months prior for shortness of breath and found to be anemic requiring 4 units of packed red blood cells (PRBCs). Since […]
Abstract Number: 809
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and aortic stenosis (AS) presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and melanotic stools for one week. The patient was admitted twice recently for similar reasons. Physical exam was remarkable for pallor and a grade 4/5 systolic murmur at the cardiac base with radiation to the […]