Meeting
Abstract Number: 154
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Despite their elevated baseline risks for infection and thrombosis, hospitalized medical patients with active malignancy commonly receive multi-lumen peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). We sought to assess the relationship between number of catheter lumens and risk of PICC-related complications among patients with active malignancy. Methods: Trained abstractors collected patient level information, including number of […]
Abstract Number: 476
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 59-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the hospital with worsening dizziness, vertigo, and diplopia in the right eye. Vital signs were unrevealing. On physical exam, she appeared nontoxic but uncomfortable with eyes closed resting on the bed. The neurologic exam revealed severe nystagmus in the right eye, intact CN […]
Abstract Number: 516
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A healthy 64-year-old woman presented with a sudden onset of crampy lower abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Physical examination showed a soft, distended abdomen with lower abdominal tenderness and multiple waxy, brown to tan colored papules and plaques on the back, resembling “raindrops,” consistent with seborrheic keratoses. This skin finding was new; her […]
Abstract Number: 750
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 69 y/o female presents to the emergency department with acute on subacute low back pain in the setting of fall 12 weeks prior. Treated outpatient with conservative therapy including topicals, NSAIDs, tramadol, Flexeril and physical therapy. PMH of asthma, migraines, breast cancer in remission (s/p lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation in 2015, last annual […]