Meeting
Abstract Number: 113
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder that affects at least 20% of the general population. There is a significant predominance of IBS in females, with a female: male ratio of 2:1, especially in western countries. In contrary Eastern countries, some studies report that men with IBS are 4 times more affected […]
Abstract Number: 632
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old woman presented to the hospital with “5 weeks of hell” from a sharp right upper quadrant and rib pain, nausea, and daily episodes of diarrhea and bilious emesis. She lost 16 lbs over this time, putting her BMI at 17.4. Initially, her labs and imaging from multiple visits to the ED […]