Meeting
Abstract Number: 322
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Scholarly publication is key to success in academic medicine, but busy clinicians need support to build scholarship capacity. Most hospitalists across the country engage in clinical work but have few cost-effective options to disseminate clinically focused work in mainstream journals. Our Division of Hospital Medicine continually encourages publication of research, quality improvement, and medical […]
Abstract Number: 374
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Scholarship is crucial in academic medicine. However, most URiM medical students don’t feel prepared to engage in scholarly activity, especially due to lack of mentorship. The URiM Mentorship Platform is a peer mentoring platform at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), designed to organize collaborative networks and interactions between students and faculty with common […]
Abstract Number: 619
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 51 year-old male with paranoid schizophrenia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital for decompensated schizophrenia in the setting of medication nonadherence. Treatment included initiation and up-titration of clozapine. Within three weeks, he developed generalized abdominal pain, non-bilious non-bloody emesis and diarrhea. Exam was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 668
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man presented to the emergency department with sudden onset, severe abdominal pain radiating toward the back. Medical history included bipolar disorder treated with bupropion, sertraline, and lamotrigine. Surgical history included prior appendectomy. There was no history of sick contacts, alcohol use, gallstones, or peptic ulcer disease. On exam he was tachycardic […]
Abstract Number: 890
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Although infrequent, systemic loxoscelism can occur following a brown recluse spider bite and result in dermal necrosis, hemolytic anemia, DIC and renal failure. We present a case of an eight year old male who developed Hemophagocytic Lympho-Histiocytosis (HLH) secondary to systemic loxoscelism. The patient presented with gross hematuria, abdominal pain, and fever. The […]