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Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: This is a 76 year-old female with no significant past medical history who presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of changes in visual acuity and color perception. Two months after initial presentation she was referred to see an ophthalmologist who noted bilateral papilledema. An MRA, MRV, and MRI were obtained without […]
Abstract Number: 370
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 11 year old boy was admitted to the hospital due to 4 days of headache and vomiting. He described the pain as constant, sharp, occipital/frontal in location, and worse in the morning and overnight, specifically with laying down. Treatment with ibuprofen and acetaminophen had not provided relief. 6 months prior to this […]
Abstract Number: 372
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old healthy woman, presented with two weeks of cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, intermittent fevers, fatigue, and myalgia but no weakness. She tested positive for the SARS-Cov-2. Physical exam showed no neurologic deficit. Two weeks later, respiratory symptoms were improving but she developed sudden, leg pain, numbness, and weakness. She described it […]
Abstract Number: 387
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 47 year old female with a past medical history of hypertension presented to the emergency room with two days of right upper quadrant pain and a fever to 102F. For several months prior, she complained of bloating, intermittent diarrhea and diffuse abdominal pain that now localized. Her social history was positive for recent […]
Abstract Number: 393
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year old previously healthy male presented with complaints of right leg weakness and urinary retention. Three weeks prior, he experienced back pain in the setting of a lifting injury at work and was treated symptomatically for low back strain. Two weeks later, he began having right leg weakness and tingling which […]
Abstract Number: 395
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In surgical co-management (SCM), surgeons and hospitalists share responsibility of care of the surgical patients. In August 2012, we implemented SCM in Orthopedic and Neurosurgery services at our institution (Ann Surg 2016;264(2):275-282). This model is innovative because the same Internal Medicine hospitalists are dedicated year round to the same surgical service. After the first […]
Abstract Number: 419
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female was admitted with a 5-day history of bilateral lower extremity weakness. She received influenza vaccination five weeks prior to the presentation. The patient progressed rapidly over days to quadriplegia and respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. The cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed albuminocytological dissociation, and nerve conduction studies revealed an […]
Abstract Number: 426
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44-year man with history notable for illicit drug use (amphetamine, cocaine), poorly controlled HIV (CD4 count 387, HIV quantitative PCR with a viral load of 188,000) and anaphylaxis with penicillin use presented with a 1-day history of sore throat along with a 1-month history of a warm, diffuse, symmetric, non-pruritic, non-vesicular, maculopapular […]
Abstract Number: 432
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year old female with no past medicalor psychiatric history presented to our hospital by her friends after they reported complaining that she had been behaving impulsive and manic during the preceding week. As described by friends and family, patient had recently traveled from Arkansas to Chicago to visit her family. However […]
Abstract Number: 434
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 77 year old male with history of diabetes mellitus, systolic heart failure and morbid obesity who presented with multiple episodes of falls occurring over a 2 week period. The patient reported bilateral weakness and pain in the lower extremities, in addition to sensation of paresthesias and numbness. He reported a progressive loss […]