Meeting
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension and tobacco use presented with two months of new onset constipation and progressively worsening, diffuse, generalized abdominal pain, early satiety, and a 30-pound weight loss. She was found to be anemic. A colonoscopy was performed that was unremarkable. Two months later, with no symptomatic improvement with laxatives, she […]
Abstract Number: 646
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 66 year old female presented in October 2017 with generalized weakness, fatigue, abdominal pain, and oliguria. The symptoms have been worsening since her abdominal endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). She had her EVAR done in August 2017. In the Emergency Room the patient was afebrile with a temperature of 36.4 C, […]
Abstract Number: 1101
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American male with DMII and HTN, presented with intermittent muscle twitching, abdominal pain and fatigue of 2 weeks duration. Physical exam was notable for subtle myoclonic jerks and mild pitting edema of bilateral lower extremities. Lab work showed hemoglobin of 6.6 g/dl, potassium of 5.8 mEq/L and creatinine of 12.2 […]