Meeting
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 […]
Abstract Number: 614
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 63 year old African-American Male with a history of well-controlled hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with a four day history of new-onset lower extremity, upper extremity, and abdominal swelling. He denied shortness of breath, chest pain, orthopnea, and constitutional symptoms, but did report occasional non-drenching night sweats. He reported being otherwise healthy with no known history of […]
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 19 year-old woman without significant past medical history was admitted to the medicine service with shortness of breath, nausea, and severe edema. Over the past 2-3 months, she had experienced worsening diffuse swelling and associated 30-lb weight gain. In the few days prior to admission, she had increased cough and difficulty breathing […]