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Search Results for Obesity
Abstract Number: 194
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Controversy still exists regarding the use of angiotensin axis blockade (AAB) with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs preoperatively. Multiple studies suggest the AAB results in acute kidney injury (AKI) (1,2), while other studies do not (3,4 ). Some studies suggest that the AKI associated with AAB is due […]
Abstract Number: 257
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The Obesity Paradox postulates that obesity is a protective factor against mortality in certain chronic conditions such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and congestive heart failure. Although this paradox is established in CKD, few studies have analyzed the paradox in acute kidney injury (AKI). There are both short and long term ramifications to AKI […]
Abstract Number: 456
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50 year-old African American female with medical history of morbid obesity (BMI 40.8), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, right MCA infarct one year prior to admission, and right renal infarct one month prior to admission presented with two days of sharp left-sided abdominal pain associated with non-bloody and […]
Abstract Number: 985
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female with a past medical history of stroke, obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with fever and altered mental status. She was started on empiric meningitis treatment and her mentation improved dramatically with eventual return to baseline. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies from a lumbar puncture performed later during […]