Meeting
Abstract Number: 42
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old man with cystic fibrosis presented to the Emergency Department with a two-day history of gradual, persistent, right sided abdominal pain associated with dark, tarry stools. He was afebrile with unremarkable vital signs. Exam was notable for generalized abdominal tenderness most noticeable in the right lower quadrant and a normal rectal exam. […]
Abstract Number: 482
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 21 cases of small intestine anisakiasis were analyzed in terms of medical history, examinations of symptoms, vital signs, laboratory data, and CT findings. 9 cases were identified through specific anisakiasis Immunoglobulin E or Immunoglobulin A testing. 2 cases were confirmed by the detection of anisakis by endoscopic examination. 10 cases were diagnosed based […]
Abstract Number: 701
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 65 year old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine, prior gastric ulcers on EGD, who was admitted to the hospital with bloody diarrhea, epigastric pain, acute blood loss anemia found to have duodenal ulcer. Patient received 2 units of blood products on hospitals day one and four. Course had […]
Abstract Number: 759
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, prior ischemic stroke, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis presented to the hospital after a fall with altered mental status from increased home benzodiazepine use. During her admission, she developed acute nausea and vomiting with a new leukocytosis and was found to have acute cholecystitis. She […]