Meeting
Abstract Number: 123
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Unstable Angina (UA) is a common subset of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and presents as atypical chest pain without the presence of cardiac biomarkers. It accounts for nearly 550,000 hospital admissions each year in the United States [1]. Management of UA can vary depending on the physician and/or intensity of symptoms. Prior studies have […]
Abstract Number: 585
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 89-year-old female patient with a medical history of atrial fibrillation, TIA, and colon cancer stage IV for which she started Capecitabine three days before her presentation. She presented to the emergency department with intermittent chest pain that started the next day of starting Capecitabine. She was afebrile; her respiratory rate was 18, […]