Meeting
Abstract Number: 1170
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 13 year old female with a 3-year history of celiac disease who presented to an outside facility with three days of fever, myalgias and RUQ pain. She had no stool changes, nausea or vomiting. Initial lab work was notable for a lipase of 1100, bilirubin of 4.9, AST of […]
Abstract Number: 1174
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old boy presents with 8 days of chest pain. He describes the pain as sudden onset, stabbing, located over his left chest with radiation to his right chest and left flank. The pain initially lasts between 5 to 10 minutes, but has been increasing in duration to span the entire day. The […]
Abstract Number: 1206
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: To curb the growing opioid epidemic, hospitalists need to re-examine inpatient opioid use and increase utilization of alternatives to opioids for pain management. Of 1.1 million nonsurgical inpatients across 286 US hospitals from July 2009 to June 2010, 51% received an opioid during hospitalization and more than half with inpatient exposure were prescribed opioids […]
Abstract Number: 1245
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease presented to the ED with complaints of persistent hiccups for 1-week duration associated with drooling, decreased appetite, inability to lie flat, and significant weight loss over several months. He was hemodynamically stable and afebrile but noted to have diffuse abdominal tenderness […]