Meeting
Abstract Number: 614
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with past medical history of hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus presented to an outside hospital with diplopia and new onset weakness, paresthesia, and numbness in bilateral lower extremities three days following a mild viral infection. The patient was discharged after two days without acute intervention following extensive negative workup including imaging, […]
Abstract Number: 910
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of a 3-week history of dysphagia and ~30lb weight loss. He had been transferred to the ED after a failed formal swallow evaluation, nearly three weeks after the onset of symptoms, during which he demonstrated significant aspiration even with thick liquids. In addition […]