Meeting
Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old African male with no medical history presented to the emergency department with chronic, intermittent epigastric abdominal pain. Physical exam revealed a diminished left radial pulse but was otherwise unremarkable. Labs were notable for an elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) to 23.7 mg/L (normal
Abstract Number: 822
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 26 year-old US born man presented with 10 days of fevers, night sweats, dyspnea and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Four years ago, he completed a year of chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid (INH) after a Filipino roommate was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Two weeks before presentation, he travelled to Austin, TX and reported […]