Meeting
Abstract Number: 421
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath, aggravated by supine position, cough with white sputum production, sore throat, dysphagia for solid food and odynophagia for last 2 weeks. Past medical history consisted of: coronary artery disease, hepatitis C, alcoholism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease. Physical […]
Abstract Number: 464
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old woman with history of hypertension, asthma, and vertigo presented with acute onset of confusion and slowed speech in the setting of worsening headache, neck stiffness and paralysis of bilateral lower extremities for three days. Her headache was described as bitemporal with burning sensation, worsened by bright light and neck movement, similar […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 67 years old female with Hepatitis C and alcoholic liver cirrhosis, HCC, atrial fibrillation who presented to the ED with fever, chills and altered mental status. Per husband, the patient did not have any focal symptoms including cough, abdominal pain, burning urination, headache or photophobia. On initial evaluation patient’s […]