Meeting
Abstract Number: 495
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 57 year-old African-American male with past medical history of osteoarthritis, opioid dependence secondary to arthralgia, and chronic bilateral lower extremity venous thrombi secondary to both protein C and protein S deficiency, presented with acute altered mental status resulting from synthetic cannabinoid intoxication. The pain was so severe; he was only able to tolerate […]
Abstract Number: 607
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54 year old male with a history of intravenous drug use presented for three days of altered mental status, dyspnea, and low urine output. He was previously admitted a month ago for septic shock secondary to aortic valve endocarditis and underwent aortic valve repair, but left against medical advice before completing his […]