Meeting
Abstract Number: 443
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 58 year old female with past medical history of microcytic hypochromic anemia and thrombocytosis presented with progressive abdominal distention and pedal edema of 5 months duration. There was no significant history of asbestos exposure.Initial diagnostic paracentesis and peritoneal fluid cytology was negative for malignant cells but showed atypical cells, but tumor markers […]
Abstract Number: 523
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 78 year old male with diabetes mellitus, smoking, cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and recurrent left-sided pleural effusions presented with volume overload and oliguria. His serum creatinine had been stable at a baseline of 0.8 mg/dL for years, but in the past month, his serum creatinine progressed to 5.3 mg/dL. 24-hour urinary […]