Meeting
Abstract Number: 1120
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 60-year-old gentleman with a history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia presented to emergency department with acute onset of severe left leg pain, edema, and cyanosis. On examination of his left leg, pulses were not palpable distal to posterior tibialis but motor functions remained intact. There were no blebs or bullae noted. He was requiring […]
Abstract Number: 1161
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 56-year-old female presented to ED with a two-week history of fever, chills, headache, intermittent nausea and vomiting, mild abdominal pain. Her comorbidities included Diabetes mellitus, Morbid obesity, and Hypertension. She had mild leukocytosis on complete blood count and had physical examination significant for bilateral rhonchi in chest auscultation. She was admitted under the […]
Abstract Number: 1219
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis presented with generalized fatigue and decline in her functional status over 6 months. Her symptoms progressed in the month preceding admission to nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain, and intolerance to solids and liquids for several days. An outpatient abdominal ultrasound revealed only hepatic steatosis. […]