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Author(s) -
Keller A. Scott,
Schiavo Dante,
Wingo Majken,
Ernste Floranne,
Sanchez William
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of hospital medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.128
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1553-5606
pISSN - 1553-5592
DOI - 10.1002/jhm.2304
Subject(s) - medicine , medline , family medicine , law , political science
A 40-year-old Sudanese man was admitted due to worsening abdominal pain with recurrent ascites. He had a history of hepatitis B (HBV) infection and diabetes. He previously drank 3 beers per day on the weekends, but he had not consumed alcohol in over a year. He was born in Sudan but lived in Egypt most of his adult life; he immigrated to the United States 6 years previously. He was hospitalized out of state 9 months ago for “a swollen abdomen” and underwent an exploratory laparotomy that reportedly was unremarkable except for ascites.