Meeting
Abstract Number: 476
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 59-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the hospital with worsening dizziness, vertigo, and diplopia in the right eye. Vital signs were unrevealing. On physical exam, she appeared nontoxic but uncomfortable with eyes closed resting on the bed. The neurologic exam revealed severe nystagmus in the right eye, intact CN [...]
Abstract Number: 876
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 7 year-old with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (ED) and recurrent sinusitis was admitted with diplopia, headaches, and fevers. In the preceding 2 months, he had multiple episodes of fever, nasal impetigo, and positive group A strep (GAS) throat swabs without pharyngitis. He was treated twice with azithromycin due to allergies to amoxicillin, cephalosporins, [...]
Abstract Number: 1068
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man presented with acute progressively worsening diplopia for two days duration. He also developed dysarthria, difficulty swallowing, generalized muscle weakness, and shortness of breath which prompted him to seek medical attention. He was bradycardic, but otherwise afebrile and normotensive. On exam, he was diaphoretic while taking shallow breaths. Neurological exam was [...]