Meeting
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hyperlipidemia treated with statin presented to the emergency room for generalized weakness. She became completely bedbound over the course of 5 days. Examination showed symmetric muscle weakness with power 2/5 at proximal muscles but normal strength in distal muscles. Deep tendon reflexes were decreased. She […]
Abstract Number: 828
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 97-year-old male with past medical history of HTN, COPD, CAD post PCI, T2DM, HLD, CVA with no residual deficit, presented to the emergency department (ED) with generalized weakness for one week. The patient had been in his usual state of health until seven days ago when he woke up with symptoms of […]
Abstract Number: 869
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a middle-aged African-American female with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia, for which she had been on atorvastatin for approximately four years. She originally presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of a one month history of progressive myalgias and proximal muscle weakness. Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level was elevated to […]
Abstract Number: 993
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old Caucasian male presented for evaluation of worsening lower extremity muscle weakness and associated myalgias. He received a diagnosis of NAM after three months of progressive proximal, symmetric upper and lower extremity weakness with myalgias, and an initial creatinine kinase (CK) of 13,875 IU/L. He had been on Atorvastatin 40 mg for […]
Abstract Number: E26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female with a past medical history of type II diabetes mellitus, prior CVA with residual right-sided weakness, CKD, and hyperlipidemia treated with atorvastatin presented to the ED for generalized weakness. The patient was previously hospitalized for weakness and received physical therapy as an inpatient before being discharged to a sub-acute rehabilitation […]