Meeting
Abstract Number: 507
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and morbid obesity with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in 2009 presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and was found to have choledocolithiasis and acute cholecystitis. She was admitted to the surgery service and underwent ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Her post-op course was complicated by […]
Abstract Number: 601
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male presented with one week of abdominal pain, myalgia, and diarrhea. The patient was referred to our Emergency Department after outpatient testing revealed an increase in serum creatinine to 11 mg/dL from 0.7 mg/dL six months prior.The patient had medical history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and former alcohol use disorder. […]
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old man with metastatic melanoma presented to the hospital in acute renal failure. Nine months prior, he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and offered immunotherapy. He declined in favor of naturopathic treatment, including high-dose intravenous vitamin C. At his naturopathic clinic, he was found to be hyperkalemic and was referred to our […]