Meeting
Abstract Number: 368
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man presents with chief complaints of fever, nausea, vomiting, rash and discoloration of hands and feet for 1 day. He was admitted to intensive care unit for septic shock and altered mental status. Patient was intubated and started on intravenous fluids, pressor medications and broad-spectrum antibiotics (vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam). On day […]
Abstract Number: 430
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An ADL-independent 75-year-old woman with a history of diabetes who was receiving insulin therapy visited our emergency department owing to fever and chills, which had started 3 days before the visit. At that time, her consciousness level was GCS E4V4M6, temperature was 36.8°C, pulse rate was 83 beats/minute, blood pressure was 82/46 mmHg, […]