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Abstract Number: 498
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 17-year-old male presented with 1 month of intractable hiccups, disturbing his sleep, and right-sided paresthesias, starting in his right upper extremity, localized to the 4th and 5th digits, then gradually spread to his bilateral lower extremities. He denied heavy lifting, fever, muscle weakness, back pain, or bladder/bowel incontinence. He first presented to […]
Abstract Number: 510
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of nonstop hiccups. His systolic blood pressure was more than 200 and chest x-ray imaging was unremarkable. Over the next several days, his blood pressure remained elevated despite multiple medication additions, and he continued to complain […]
Abstract Number: 840
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with intractable hiccups for past few months. Hiccups were progressively getting worse with development of intermittent nausea. Her vital signs and physical exam were unremarkable. Her CBC, CMP, and thyroid function were within normal limits. CT chest and abdomen with contrast was unremarkable. She […]
Abstract Number: 1238
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: West Nile (WN) virus, a member of the Japanese encephalitis virus antigenic complex, is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. Approximately 1 out of 250 patients develop neuroinvasive disease including encephalitis, meningitis, acute flaccid paralysis and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS). Sparse data exist regarding potential treatments for WN virus […]