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Abstract Number: 436
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Background: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are being increasingly utilized in hospital medicine groups. However, there is significant variation in how APPs are trained and utilized, resulting in high turnover rates, decreased provider satisfaction, and resistance to adopting a physician-APP practice model. Much of the literature around APP utilization is comparative in nature, describing APP […]
Abstract Number: 462
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Wilson Disease (WD) is a known cause of liver test abnormalities. Guidelines have been established to help clinicians avoid routine testing. According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Guideline, screening for WD—with serum ceruloplasmin, 24-hour urinary copper excretion, and slit-lamp examination for Kayser-Fleischer rings—is warranted in any patient with […]
Abstract Number: 477
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a history of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and stage II small cell bladder cancer on cycle 2 of cisplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab that he received 1 week ago presented with neck stiffness, pain, fevers, and diffuse muscle aches to his PCP. Concerned about meningitis he was sent to the hospital. A […]
Abstract Number: 550
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year-old Singaporean man with no past medical history presented with two weeks of fevers and abdominal pain. Five months prior to admission, the patient traveled to Singapore. Two weeks prior to presentation, he had an episode of sharp, right-sided abdominal pain accompanied by emesis. He continued to have intermittent fevers, chills, […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year old male with no significant medical history presented to an outside facility complaining of fatigue, weakness, nausea and vomiting. He had moderate alcohol history and significant weight loss over the past 6 months. Initial lab workup was notable for elevated liver transaminases with a hepatocellular pattern, Maddrey score of 53.6 […]
Abstract Number: 612
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 33 year old male who presented with a one day history of non-radiating right upper quadrant abdominal pain worsened by physical activity and lying on his right side. The patient initially suspected that he may have been constipated, but then presented to our hospital due to increasing […]
Abstract Number: 620
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Fibro-muscular dysplasia is a segmental, non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory vascular disease of unknown etiology usually found in small and medium-sized arteries. Renal arteries (60–75%) are most commonly involved, followed by the cervico-cranial arteries (25–30%). FMD of cervico-cranial arteries in absence of renal artery involvement is much rarer. We present a case of symptomatic fibro-muscular dysplasia […]
Abstract Number: 633
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of essential hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus presented with groin pain, nausea, vomiting, and right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain. The patient’s labs showed a high neutrophil count (82.3) and leukocytopenia (7). CT scan of the abdomen showed an abnormality of the mid […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: We present a case of 37y.o. woman, a previously healthy visiting scholar from China, who presented with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and vague diffuse abdominal discomfort . Her initial laboratory results were essentially normal. Emergency room evaluation concluded viral gastroenteritis and she was released home. She returned 4 days later complaining of fever and poor appetit, […]
Abstract Number: 663
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 23 year-old man with schizophrenia presented to the emergency department complaining of nausea, vomiting, headache, and subjective fever, followed by acute onset of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. His medications included chlorpromazine and benztropine. Vital signs: temperature 39 degrees C, pulse 155, respirations 18, and blood pressure 116/58. Admission exam was remarkable […]