Skip to content
SHM Abstracts | Society of Hospital Medicine Logo
  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
  • Browse By Category
  • Browse By Keyword
  • Search
  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
  • Browse By Category
  • Browse By Keyword
  • Search
  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
  • Browse By Category
  • Browse By Keyword
  • Search
  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
  • Browse By Category
  • Browse By Keyword
  • Search
Search2020-05-20T12:01:36-05:00
Search
Search by Abstract Number, Title, Keyword, or Authors
Category
Sub-Category

(Optional)

Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Bacteremia
Abstract Number: B39
AN UNCOMMON CAUSE OF CHEST PAIN: MULTILOCULATED HEPATIC ABSCESS IN A PATIENT WITH STRONGYLOIDES STERCOLARIS INFECTION
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension who recently emigrated from El Salvador presented to an ambulatory clinic for evaluation of substernal chest pain that started eight days earlier. He described the chest pain as intermittent, non-radiating, and associated with palpitations, chills, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis. He denied fever, […]
Abstract Number: I44
JUST A SORE THROAT? A CASE OF LEMIERRE’S SYNDROME, A SERIOUS COMPLICATION OF PHARYNGITIS
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old man with Asperger syndrome presented with five days of fever and acute confusion after an episode of pharyngitis. Vital signs were significant for T 39.3°C, HR 120/min, BP 93/57 mmHg, and RR 22/min with O2 sat 94% on 4L. Physical exam was remarkable for thick oral secretions, tenderness to palpation of […]
Abstract Number: L11
PREVALENCE OF PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER ASSOCIATED BACTEREMIA
SHM Converge 2022
Background: As hospitals focus on central venous catheter associated bloodstream infections (CVC-BSI), the impact of peripheral venous catheter (PVC) associated bloodstream infections (PVC-BSI) may be underappreciated. There are conflicting recommendations on how to manage PVCs, including when to replace them (1)(2)(3), and inconsistencies in nursing practice in following PVC management guidelines (4). There are an […]
Abstract Number: L43
CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM BACTEREMIA: WHEN OPPORTUNITY STRIKES
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 90 year old Caucasian female with history of complicated diverticulitis s/p partial colectomy and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (last treatment with Cyclophosphamide and Dexamethasone 1 week prior to presentation) was admitted with 2 day history of crampy lower abdominal pain, bloody streaked diarrhea, vomiting, and subjective chills. Physical examination elicited tachycardia and diffuse abdominal […]
Abstract Number: O46
“LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED” – AN INSIDIOUS CASE OF OCCULT BACTEREMIA
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with history of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (status-post 2 cycles of CHOP chemotherapy), COPD, stage 3 chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mellitus presented with generalized weakness and diarrhea. His symptoms began three days prior with head pain, chills, and weakness. He then developed increasing diarrhea from his baseline of one […]
  • This Week

  • This Month

  • All Time

  • This Week

  • BLOWING SMOKE: VAPING-ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY PRESENTING AS ABDOMINAL PAIN
  • A Patient’s Presentation of Persistent Sweet Taste in Her Mouth Leads to a Diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • A CASE OF SKIN NECROSIS CAUSED BY INTRAVENOUS XYLAZINE ABUSE
  • ADDERALL INDUCED ISCHEMIC COLITIS
  • Cannabis Withdrawal Induced Hypertensive Urgency
  • This Month

  • A CASE OF SKIN NECROSIS CAUSED BY INTRAVENOUS XYLAZINE ABUSE
  • BLOWING SMOKE: VAPING-ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY PRESENTING AS ABDOMINAL PAIN
  • A Patient’s Presentation of Persistent Sweet Taste in Her Mouth Leads to a Diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Cannabis Withdrawal Induced Hypertensive Urgency
  • ADDERALL INDUCED ISCHEMIC COLITIS
  • All Time

  • PECULIAR PRESENTATION OF VERTIGO IN HYPOTHYROIDISM
  • ADDERALL INDUCED ISCHEMIC COLITIS
  • Bc Powder Causing Intracerebral Bleed: Pitfalls of Overlooking Dosage of Seemingly Innocuous Otc Formulations
  • RECOGNIZING S1Q3T3 FOR WHAT IT IS: A NONSPECIFIC PATTERN OF RIGHT HEART STRAIN
  • A Newborn with Bilateral Shoulder Dimples: Case Report and a Review of Literature
© Society of Hospital Medicine | All Rights Reserved
Page load link
Go to Top