Meeting
Abstract Number: 629
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old healthy man who presents with three days of fatigue and bilateral thigh pain. He was born in Puerto Rico but lives in Boston and had no recent travel. He denies alcohol or drug use. He works as a cook at an urban restaurant. Admission vitals and physical exam are unremarkable. Initial […]
Abstract Number: 678
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male presented with altered mental status and diffuse body pain. He denied any alcohol or drug intoxication, chest pain, shortness of breath, or infectious symptoms. His past history included chronic hypothyroidism and alcoholism. He had a temperature of 36.8 degrees Celsius with a heart rate of 96 bpm and was alert […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with a medical history of morbid obesity presented to a rural hospital with a one-week history of extreme fatigue, malaise, jaundice, and anorexia. Her initial vital signs were unremarkable. Physical exam revealed a distressed-appearing woman with diaphoresis, scleral icterus, jaundice, and lower extremity edema. Laboratory findings revealed significant elevation of […]