Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Carditis
Abstract Number: K35
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: The patient is a 74 year-old male. He has chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, renal cell carcinoma treated with partial left nephrectomy a year ago, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (on prednisone 15 mg daily), benign prostate hyperplasia, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and gout.He presented with shaking chills and fever for 1 day duration. The symptoms […]
Abstract Number: K43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52 year old man with a PMHx of IVDU and HLD presents with a CC of “Cold Leg”. This was preceded by sudden onset numbness and weakness of his right foot and leg, inability to ambulate and severe pain in his thigh. He reported prodromal fevers, sweats and arthralgias. His last IVDU […]
Abstract Number: L31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 71-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation, presented with four-months of fatigue, 50lb weight loss, night sweats and petechiae spreading from legs to abdomen and arms. On admission, vital signs were unremarkable. On physical exam, he had non-blanching, non-palpable petechiae extending from his lower extremities (LEs) to torso and upper extremities and […]
Abstract Number: L32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with COPD and prior lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation presented with three days of progressive dyspnea, malaise, and altered mental status. On admission, he was in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring BiPAP. The patient was unvaccinated against SARS-COV-2 and tested positive for the virus. He received dexamethasone and […]
Abstract Number: L39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old man presented to ED with sudden onset weakness on left hand. He denied fever, dizziness, headache, and similar symptoms in the past. He doesn’t take any medication. He had upper respiratory symptoms two weeks ago and resolved. He has not received influenza and COVID-19 vaccine. Examination showed diminished power (4/5) in […]
Abstract Number: M40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old gentleman with a history of traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia presented to our emergency department after reporting chest pain at his group home. He had been started on clozapine 2 weeks prior. This had been titrated up to 100 mg daily, five days prior to presentation. Due to his underlying cognitive […]
Abstract Number: O44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with a history of hypertension and depression, presented to the emergency department with 3 days of diffuse worsening rash, fever, and leukocytosis. Four weeks prior to symptom onset, the patient was prescribed a two-week course of Augmentin for a sinus infection. Prior to arrival, she was seen at an outside […]
Abstract Number: O47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old female with a past medical history of end stage renal disease from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on hemodialysis for the past four years, presented to her cardiologist with worsening dyspnea on exertion and a feeling of “increased fluid in her lungs”. An outpatient transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was obtained, which showed a normal […]
Abstract Number: O48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 62 year old female with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes presented to the emergency department with two days of fevers and lethargy. She was hypotensive despite fluid resuscitation and admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock. Both urine cultures and initial blood cultures grew E. coli resistant […]
Abstract Number: P39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male patient presented to the hospital with central, non-radiating, moderate-intensity chest pain that started four days after his second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The patient had neither any prior history of SARS-COV2 infection nor known exposure to a symptomatic patient. He denied any fever, chills, diaphoresis, upper or lower respiratory […]