Meeting
Abstract Number: 700
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old woman with hyperthyroidism, hypertension and diabetes presented with subacute progressive altered mental status and frequent falls. History obtained from family revealed a previously independently functioning woman until 4 months prior, when she began to demonstrate symptoms of forgetfulness and micrographia. Symptoms progressed rapidly requiring an inpatient psychiatric admission, a month […]
Abstract Number: 804
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with a complex psychiatric history presented with gait instability after accidental head trauma, which was initially diagnosed as post-concussive syndrome. Over the next month, the patient began to exhibit progressively erratic behavior with angry outbursts, visual hallucinations, tangential speech, poor sleep, and decreased appetite. Initial serum electrolyte and other blood […]
Abstract Number: M25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 62-year-old Caucasian female with no significant medical history presented with complaint of worsening generalized weakness, difficulty with word finding, blurred vision, left arm and leg weakness ongoing for 3-4 weeks. 3 weeks ago she was discharged from an outside hospital after evaluation for similar complaints. Since discharge had worsening weakness, and decided to […]