Meeting
Abstract Number: 470
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with a past medical history of uncontrolled hypertension, migraine, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 presented with one week of poor oral intake, nausea, vomiting, vague abdominal pain, and chronic nonproductive cough. Physical exam revealed poor skin turgor, and lungs with crackles bilaterally. Laboratory studies showed Creatinine of 5.31 mg/dl […]
Abstract Number: 778
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 78yo male on chronic anticoagulation (warfarin) for pmh significant of three previous venous thrombosis (DVT), hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia presented with one week of progressive right lower extremity erythema, edema, pain and tmax of 99F. On physical exam, he had tense, non-pitting edema and erythema from 10cm distal to the right knee to […]
Abstract Number: 819
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 36- year-old female with asthma presented with worsening anasarca, malaise, headache, and subjective cognitive decline over three weeks. She had been to numerous hospitals and clinics for her symptoms. Despite various treatments, including Ciprofloxacin for presumed UTI, her symptoms continued to progress. A urinalysis at an outside hospital showed 4+ protein. On […]