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Search Results for Hypocalcemia
Abstract Number: 408
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 72 year old man with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, on Abiraterone acetate and prednisone status post bilateral orchiectomy presented with severe hypocalcemia at 5.2mg/dL. Patient denied muscle twitching or cramping, nausea, vomiting, confusion, or gait instability. EKG showed QTc prolongation at 0.507seconds. Physical exam was negative for Chvostek and Trousseau’s sign. […]
Abstract Number: 416
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61 year-old woman presented with unbearable weakness and muscle aches that progressed over the past two weeks. The patient was seen in clinic the day prior for these symptoms and overall lethargy to the point of inability to stand or walk. On examination, she had generalized weakness, dry skin, a flat affect, […]
Abstract Number: 744
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36 year-old female with history of bulimia nervosa, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder presented to the emergency department after she woke up with painful spasm of bilateral hands. She had been vomiting multiple times daily for the past few days but denied any paresthesia, numbness, weakness, tingling, diarrhea, laxative or diuretic […]
Abstract Number: 750
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old Caucasian female with Breast cancer with extensive bone metastases ,HFrEF, atrial fibrillation presented with fatigue associated with diarrhea and melena. The symptoms had progressed over the last few weeks. Of note, she had a recent hospitalization for left hip fracture status post arthroplasty 6 weeks prior. After the hospital discharge, she […]
Abstract Number: 788
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old female presented to our hospital with diffuse, severe, and crampy abdominal pain for 1 week associated with generalized weakness and fatigue. She has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and scleroderma (maintained on prednisone and mycophenolate) complicated by GERD (maintained on pantoprazole). On physical exam her temperature […]
Abstract Number: 799
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman with a past medical history notable for thyroid cancer status-post thyroidectomy complicated by hypoparathyrodism presented with muscle spasms in her hands and feet for two days. Four days prior to admission she reported bloating and heartburn for which she reports taking an unknown quantity of lansoprazole and an H2 blocker. […]
Abstract Number: 812
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old male with past medical history of Type 1 Diabetes and Hypothyroidism presented to our hospital with severe hypocalcemia. His calcium was 5.8 mg/dl (normal range 8.6-10.3 mg/dl). His ionized calcium was 0.76 mmol/L (normal range 1.15-1.33 mmol/L). He had been complaining of generalized weakness for couple of weeks. Both […]
Abstract Number: 857
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 75 year old man with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer (with bone metastases) was evaluated for hypocalcemia as an incidental finding, when he was admitted for hemorrhagic shock secondary to a bleeding duodenal ulcer. He was asymptomatic despite serum calcium of 7.4 without tetany or EKG changes. He is on abiraterone for prostate […]
Abstract Number: E24
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 7-month-old male infant was admitted after having a new onset 10-minute seizure. He was exclusively breastfed until 2 weeks prior to admission. His mother reported decreased oral intake since switching to formula and introducing solid foods. The infant had not been taking any vitamins.Physical exam: The patient was afebrile, alert, […]