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Abstract Number: 342
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman with history of bipolar I disorder treated with risperidone and lithium for over 10 years was sent to the ED for stroke evaluation by her primary care physician due to significant confusion and slurred speech. The patient’s family reported a 3-day history of tremulousness, a week of ataxia with a […]
Abstract Number: 434
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 67 year-old woman presented with six weeks of worsening disorientation. Her husband reported severe insomnia, abnormal behaviors, decreased short-term memory, and very labile mood. She had a history of well-controlled bipolar disorder on chronic lithium therapy. She had a forty pack-year smoking history. She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and […]
Abstract Number: 720
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old lady presented with worsening confusion, recurrent falls, polyuria, and abnormal speech. She was recently started on lithium for bipolar disorder and she endorsed taking some extra lithium tablets in an attempt to control her symptoms better but denied any suicidal ideation. Her only home medication was hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for hypertension. On […]
Abstract Number: 839
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old female with bipolar disorder on Quetiapine and Lithium (started approximately 1 month prior) presents with two weeks of bilateral retrobulbar headache, photophobia, transient blurry vision with diplopia, and posterior neck pain. One week ago, she had presented to the ED with similar symptoms and at that time had an unremarkable CT […]
Abstract Number: B24
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 15-year-old male with a history of depression and schizoaffective disorder began having general malaise and nausea four days prior to hospital presentation. His symptoms progressed to include difficulty walking, vomiting, and the development of tremors. He was found to have a lithium level of 3.3 as an outpatient and was admitted to […]
Abstract Number: G29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: LF is a 63 year-old female with a history of schizoaffective disorder, gastroparesis, and stage III chronic kidney disease (CKD) who was initially admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for psychosis with suicidal and homicidal ideation in the context of medication nonadherence. Mental status exam was remarkable for persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. […]