Meeting
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with history of illicit drug abuse presents with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) and Torsades de Pointes (TdP). He was previously in a methadone program but was dismissed due to methadone abuse. He then started significant amounts (144 tablets; 288 mg) of loperamide to achieve euphoria. He presented to the ED […]
Abstract Number: 705
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 37 year-old woman with a past medical history of depression and chronic knee pain presented with complaints of two day duration non-radiating 8/10 epigastric and lower abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting. Vitals sings were normal. Abdomen was soft, non-distended with generalized tenderness, but without masses, rebound, or guarding. Lipase was […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Loperamide is an over-the counter anti-motility opioid agonist considered to be specific to the intestinal µ receptor, safe for non-prescription use, and to have low abuse potential. However, several cases of fatal cardiac arrhythmias have been reported.1 38-year-old male without prior cardiovascular history, presented to a rural hospital with pre-syncope and lightheadedness. He […]