Meeting
Abstract Number: 155
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: It has been unclear about prevalence and in-hospital mortality of severe hypophosphatemia among hospitalized medical patients. Predictors for in-hospital mortality have not yet been determined in terms those may include serum nadir phosphate level, hemolytic complication from hypophosphatemia, or baseline disease as a cause of hypophosphatemia . Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted […]
Abstract Number: 899
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old Caucasian woman presented with increasing fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath for the previous three weeks. She had a history of iron deficiency anemia, gluten sensitivity, and compensated anorexia. One month prior to admission, she received two doses of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) supplementation. Upon evaluation, vitals were BP: 134/69 mmHg, […]
Abstract Number: P26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 62-year-old male with GERD, ESRD on hemodialysis (HD) presented to the hospital in 2021 with a chief complaint of bilateral lower extremity swelling and difficulty ambulating though a chronic problem, symptoms worsened a few days prior to hospitalization. Patient also complained of myalgias bilateral lower extremities. Patient was hemodynamically stable and afebrile. Labs […]