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Abstract Number: 436
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 54 years old man with a history of hypertension was hospitalized due to elevated BUN/creatinine of 33/4.6 mg/dL and Hb of 9.9 mg/dL (baseline 15). He endorsed dyspnea on exertion, anorexia and weight loss of 15 pounds in 6 months. One month ago, he was treated for acute bronchitis with levofloxacin and was […]
Abstract Number: 465
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: As hospital length of stay has shortened from an average of 6.5 days in 2015 to 4.5 days in 2019 (1), there is increased urgency for providers to efficiently address inpatient needs and to shift diagnostic and therapeutic management to outpatient settings. Patients are faced with increased self-care burdens, often tasked to implement complex […]
Abstract Number: 465
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presents with acute onset of headache, nausea, and vomiting for the past day, preceded by six months of progressively worsening peripheral vision and blurry vision in the right eye. Patient described a right-sided headache that became generalized and worsened within a few minutes […]
Abstract Number: 559
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old female with past medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, renal transplant, breast cancer, sarcoidosis, and hypothyroidism presented with acute onset of severe pain, numbness, and weakness of bilateral upper and lower extremities. The patient developed rapidly progressive fatigue and weakness over three days following acute bronchitis six weeks prior. […]
Abstract Number: 578
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man visited our hospital with complaints of malaise, appetite loss, diarrhea, and arthralgia, all of which he had experienced for 5 days before the visit. Although he had been previously healthy and fit, he had visited a different hospital one month earlier because of the sudden onset of a headache and […]
Abstract Number: 593
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female presented with non-productive cough and worsening exertional shortness of breath for 3 weeks. She denied fever, night sweats, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. There was no history of recent travel, smoking, or illicit drug use. She did not have any significant past medical or family history. On physical exam, there was […]
Abstract Number: 598
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old Hispanic male patient with a history of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance presented with worsening right upper extremity (RUE) motor weakness for the last few months. This was present in an ulnar nerve distribution with muscle wasting in the hypothenar and fourth and fifth metacarpal areas. Blood work was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 601
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 64-year-old female with non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of progressive pain and swelling of her left index finger. Prior outpatient evaluation with X-rays and MRI resulted negative, and a Cortisone injection and anti-inflammatories provided no relief. She reported difficulty moving her finger, increased warmth […]
Abstract Number: 605
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 52 year-old man with PMH of HIV presented with inguinal lymphadenopathy, intermittent abdominal pain, suprapubic fullness, fever and poor urine production for several days. Bladder catheterization yielded a large volume of bloody urine. The patient had not experienced hematuria previously and had no history of urinary retention, urgency, perineal or GU trauma. […]
Abstract Number: 645
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Japanese man was brought to our hospital because of a headache. He had noticed his headache and retroorbital pain four days before and they had been getting worse gradually. Subsequently, he noticed double vision and left drooping eyelid in the morning of the day before his first visit. He did not […]