Meeting
Abstract Number: 918
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old male presented with ascending paralysis, starting in the lower extremities and progressing to the upper extremities over 24 hours after a carbohydrate rich meal. Other review of systems was negative. He reported one prior ICU admission for similar symptoms, but details were not available. Father and grandfather had similar presentations of […]
Abstract Number: 1030
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old male with history of alcohol abuse and chronic hyponatremia related to beer potomania presented to hospital with nosebleed and coincidently found to have hyponatremia of 118 meq/L and hypokalemia of 3.3 meq/L. He was treated with fluid restriction, Lasix 20 mg and sodium chloride 2 gm daily. Upon outpatient follow up […]
Abstract Number: 1148
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with prior right adrenalectomy for primary hyperaldosteronism presents with lightheadedness, resistant hypertension, and hypokalemia.He had been diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism several years prior following workup for resistant hypertension, chronic hypokalemia, and orthostasis. At that time, he was found to have an elevated aldosterone level associated with suppressed renin and normal […]