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Abstract Number: 24
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old male with history of hypertension presented to urgent care with one day of vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Onset of symptoms occurred 30 minutes after consuming raw juice he made at home from a lauki bottle gourd. At urgent care he was pale, ill-appearing, and hypotensive with a blood pressure of 80/36 […]
Abstract Number: 428
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male with previous hemorrhagic stroke complicated by residual left sided deficits with vascular dementia, primary hypertension on a regimen of carvedilol 25mg twice daily, and recurrent urinary tract infections due to obstructive calculi presented with acute-onset lethargy and encephalopathy. Presenting vitals were notable for hypotension (64/53), bradycardia (43 beats per minute), […]
Abstract Number: 516
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male with chronic kidney disease 3a, hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes was found unresponsive at work. The patient’s home medications were carvedilol, nifedipine, spironolactone and valsartan for his resistant HTN. Initial evaluation revealed undifferentiated shock with an inappropriately low heart rate of 40 beats per minute. Labs showed potassium of […]
Abstract Number: 606
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 86 year old man with hypertension, COPD, and a 100 pack year smoking history presented to the emergency department with 1 week of dyspnea and neck pain. He had a blood pressure of 104/74, heart rate 85, respiratory rate 27, and SpO2 95% on 3 liters nasal cannula. Labs were significant for […]
Abstract Number: 712
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old man with atrial fibrillation on amiodarone and rivaroxaban, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) on metoprolol and furosemide, hypertension on amlodipine and lisinopril, type 2 diabetes on metformin, and chronic kidney disease, presented with several weeks of progressive lethargy and confusion in the setting of chronic functional and cognitive decline.He […]
Abstract Number: 787
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (A1c 11.8%) on insulin and previous stress cardiomyopathy during an episode of DKA with subsequently recovered systolic function presented with chest pain, nausea and vomiting following four days of cough and sore throat. On arrival, laboratory findings included: glucose 634 mg/dL, beta hydroxybutyrate […]
Abstract Number: 801
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male presents to hospital with a 1-day history of confusion and fever. Past medical history is significant for heart failure requiring AICD, chronic kidney disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus, May-Thurner syndrome, and recent admission three weeks prior due to sepsis from streptococcus bacteremia requiring hemodialysis, with dialysis catheter removed before initial discharge. […]
Abstract Number: 845
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 58-year-old male with history of urethral stricture s/p dilation who presented with progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough and fever. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral diffuse opacification concerning for pneumonia, CTA showed no PE. The patient was initiated on levofloxacin for Pneumonia, heparin infusion for NSTEMI and was admitted to […]