Meeting
Abstract Number: 322
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old African American male with hyperlipidemia on a statin presented with two days of generalized abdominal pain, malaise, and weakness. Physical exam was unremarkable. Initial labs were notable for WBCs of 22.7 X103/ml, creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) of 28,992 U/L, BUN/Cr of 82/2.02, and AST of 957 U/L. Urine dipstick was positive for […]
Abstract Number: 869
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a middle-aged African-American female with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia, for which she had been on atorvastatin for approximately four years. She originally presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of a one month history of progressive myalgias and proximal muscle weakness. Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level was elevated to […]