Meeting
Abstract Number: 900
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 71-year-old male with extensive smoking history was referred to the hospital by his PCP for new-onset severe hyponatremia of 117mMol/L. He denied any active complaints and initial physical examination showed an euvolemic male. Low serum osmolality of 245mOsm/kg but high urine osmolality of 309mOsm/kg and high urine sodium of 68mEq/L were suggestive of […]
Abstract Number: 909
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a medical history of hypertension presented with vomiting of 5 days. Vomitus was non-bloody, non-bilious in nature and was associated with headache. The headache was sudden in onset, bifrontal, 8/10 on a numerical rating pain scale.Initial vitals were remarkable for BP of 68/54 mm Hg which improved to 94/55 […]
Abstract Number: C39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man with a history of bilateral retinal detachment, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension presented with several days of left eye pain, bitemporal headache and decreased vision. Vital signs were notable for fever (101.2F) and tachycardia (124 bpm). On physical exam, he was unable to open his left […]
Abstract Number: M29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Central Adrenal Insufficiency (CAI) is a rare and often late diagnosis due to nonspecific signs, such as fatigue, hyponatremia, electrolyte abnormalities and fever of unknown origin (FUO). CAI suspicion arises in patients with pituitary tumors, cranial irradiation, surgery, injury, infection, exogenous glucocorticoid withdrawal, and less commonly known, opioid use disorder. A 31-year-old male […]