Meeting
Abstract Number: 821
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old female missionary without any past medical history was found unresponsive on the floor and brought to the emergency room. On initial physical exam she was encephalopathic but without any focal neurological deficits and an otherwise normal physical exam. Laboratory results including toxicology were all normal. CT scan of the head showed […]
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 82-year-old man on chronic Warfarin presented for evaluation of spontaneous right lower extremity swelling with bruising. Workup showed hemoglobin of 9.5 g/dL, platelet of 286 K/µL, PT 47.4 seconds, INR 5.0, and PTT > 200 seconds. CT of abdomen and leg revealed intra-abdominal hemorrhage and subcutaneous hematoma of the right leg. Within the […]
Abstract Number: 978
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Intracranial subdural hematoma (ISH) is a rare and fatal complication of spinal anesthesia (SA); therefore a high index of suspicion for ISH should be considered when a case of suspected postdural puncture headache (PDPH) does not improve with conservative management. A 36-year-old female presented to the emergency room complaining of worsening headache of […]
Abstract Number: C34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old female presented to the ED with 1 week of worsening “throbbing” headache. She reported having a continuous headache after riding a roller coaster one week ago. She denied fever, neck stiffness, weakness. She denied head trauma or recent illicit drug use Past medical history was significant fora right-sided non-traumatic subdural hematoma […]