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Abstract Number: B46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male with a past medical history of psoriatic arthritis [on Guselkumab], asthma presented to the ED with worsening shortness of breath for 10 days and midsternal chest pain for 3 days. He tested positive for COVID-19 one week before and received monoclonal antibodies 2 days before presentation. He had COVID-19 infection […]
Abstract Number: C21
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic created innumerable challenges and demanded rapid innovation for perioperative medicine. In March 2020, in response to our institution’s expectations, our hospitalist-led preoperative medicine clinic rapidly pivoted to patient care via telehealth. Purpose: Before the pandemic, our hospitalist-led preoperative medicine clinic was already in the early planning stages […]
Abstract Number: C31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 45 year old female with history of pulmonary embolism seven years ago not on anticoagulation presented with chest pain of 4 weeks. Chest pain was sharp, retrosternal, radiating to left upper extremity, neck & back. Chest pain was also positional, worse laying flat but improved on sitting up. It started 48-72 hours of […]
Abstract Number: C44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]
Abstract Number: C46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old Caucasian woman without a known history of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) presented to the emergency department (ED) with profound fatigue and shortness of breath for 1 week. The patient had received her second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose 1.5 weeks prior to presentation.The patient reported that she was in her normal state of […]
Abstract Number: D11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Guillain barre syndrome(GBS) has been recently associated with COVID-19 disease. Usually, GBS cases are associated with immune stimulation and reported after taking different vaccines, however, there is no confirmed evidence that this is a causal association. In this systematic review, we are investigating cases of GBS that have been reported following the COVID-19 vaccination. […]
Abstract Number: D25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old man with past medical history of recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented to our hospital with numbness of the lower extremities for two weeks. The patient stated the numbness had progressed from his right leg to his left leg. He also mentioned having urinary and fecal retention. He denied any recent […]
Abstract Number: D29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 38 year old male with a history of anxiety and hypothyroidism who received the second dose of SARS-COV2 Pfizer-Biontech vaccination 17 days prior, presented with 4 days of severe gingival bleeding after dental cleaning, epistaxis and a petechial rash of his extremities and was found to have new onset severe thrombocytopenia of […]
Abstract Number: D33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 66 year old male with past medical history of hypertension presented with complains of tingling sensations & weakness involving his hands for 2 weeks. His initial symptoms began with weakness involving bilateral feet, legs & hamstrings that started about 10 weeks prior to this presentation. He received moderna vaccine 1 month prior to […]
Abstract Number: D36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 73-year-old man was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 2011 and was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), high dose steroid, rituximab and romiplostim to which he responded and subsequently was weaned off of azathioprine and steroid and achieved remission starting 2012. Eight weeks after receiving second dose of Pfizer’s BNT162b2 vaccination, he noted […]