Meeting
Abstract Number: 684
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with nausea, vomiting, 50 lb. weight loss and generalized weakness for the past 6 months. Her primary care physician had prescribed treatment for possible reflux; symptoms did not improve. Three months prior, the patient was admitted to a community hospital where CT […]
Abstract Number: 847
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 48 year old female with no significant past medical history presented with acute onset of dysphagia, early satiety, nausea /vomiting and epigastric pain. Epigastric pain and non-bloody non-bilious emesis occurred after each meal. Lab work significant for eosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count 2,084/microL, reference < 500/microL ). CT abdomen and pelvis significant for […]
Abstract Number: 864
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old African American, primigravid presented at eight weeks gestation with a two-week history of progressively worsening lower abdominal and back pain, as well as intractable nausea and vomiting. Her symptoms were accompanied by tachycardia, hypertension, constipation, dark urine and blistering lesions on her lips. On exam, she was tender across her abdomen […]