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Abstract Number: 768
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old woman with controlled hypothyroidism presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of one-month of progressive fatigue, dizziness, and “disconnected” feeling. She noted decreased appetite leading to a twenty-pound weight loss. Following a benign physical examination, lab work demonstrated a striking macrocytic anemia with hemoglobin at 5.7 g/dL and mean corpuscular […]
Abstract Number: 781
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old African American male with a past medical history of gastric ulcer presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening exertional dyspnea and fatigue over the past two months. Physical examination was significant for a heart rate of 105 bpm and icteric sclera. Pinprick and vibratory sensations over bilateral lower extremity were […]
Abstract Number: 819
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with new onset jaundice. He also endorsed a constellation of symptoms for several months including weight loss, progressive fatigue, frequent headaches, decreased appetite, daily nausea with occasional emesis, and dark urine. He was not taking any […]
Abstract Number: 894
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 33 year-old US born woman with iron deficiency anemia presented after one episode of pre-syncope. She reported 3 weeks of progressive fatigue, shortness of breath, and pain in the chest, back, and hips. She denied abdominal pain, menstrual abnormalities, sick contacts, recent trauma, and blood disorders or malignancy in her family. She […]
Abstract Number: C27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 32 year old male presented to the emergency department unresponsive. Three months prior he had developed urinary incontinence, cognitive impairments, paresthesias in his extremities and weakness requiring crutches. His symptoms progressed leaving him bed bound weeks prior to arrival. EMS was contacted when he became unresponsive to verbal-noxious stimuli and exhibited difficulty […]
Abstract Number: 1059
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 68 year old female patient presented to the emergency department after being found down at her house. On exam she was found to be confused and disoriented. Lab work showed severe pancytopenia, and elevated bilirubin with no associated elevation of LFTs. She was transfused with 2 units of packed red blood cells […]