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Search Results for Fever
Abstract Number: 494
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male dentist presented with several days of bilateral lower extremity rash and migratory large joint arthritis in the setting of fevers, myalgias, and a recent viral illness in his 3-year-old daughter. His medical history included remote testicular cancer post-orchiectomy. He was referred by his primary care provider who noted bilateral (right […]
Abstract Number: 665
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year old female with a history of type one diabetes presented to an outside hospital with malaise, fatigue, and fever for two weeks. Her social history was notable for frequently participating in the interactive game of Geocaching in the outdoors of southeastern PA. On arrival she had severe sepsis with a […]
Abstract Number: 704
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-day old ex-term, Caucasian female presented with one day of diffuse rash and fever in the setting of congestion and a sick sibling. Her rash was initially attributed to viral erythema multiforme. She was well-appearing but given vulnerable age and elevated band count, she was admitted for observation. With improvement of her […]
Abstract Number: 715
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 13-year-old female presented to a pediatric emergency department with 5 days of abdominal pain, emesis, headache, arthralgia, and fever. Vital signs included temperature of 100.2 F, heart rate of 122 beats/minute, normal blood pressure for age, and oxygen saturation of 99% on room air. She was ill appearing with bilateral […]
Abstract Number: 744
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of two weeks of nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness and distension, full-body fatigue, and myalgias. He was also noted to be febrile and jaundiced. Abdominal ultrasound findings were consistent with […]
Abstract Number: 794
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Twenty-two-year-old female with history of asthma presented to Emergency Department with recurrent fevers (101-103F) and tachycardia since June 13, 2023. Patient saw her PCP on 6/10, for fever, tachycardia and abdominal pain and started on Cefdinir for possible sinusitis which she started taking yesterday. Patient had associated non-specific diffused abdominal pain, back pain, […]
Abstract Number: 837
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man with recent travel to India presented with fevers, abdominal pain, and bloody stools. He was admitted two weeks prior to a hospital in India for fever and right upper quadrant pain where he was found to have elevated liver enzymes (ALT 569, AST 390, total bilirubin 9.9) in addition to […]
Abstract Number: 882
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old Nigerian American man with a history of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with metastases to the liver and spleen, developed large volume hematemesis while traveling in Nigeria, requiring stabilization at a local hospital. He received 13 units of blood and an upper endoscopy revealed gastric varices. Two weeks later, he presented to our […]
Abstract Number: 905
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male with a history of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), managed on weekly Etanercept, presented to our academic medical center with fevers and polyarthralgia. Two weeks prior, he presented to urgent care for fever, chills, arthralgias, and myalgias, where he was diagnosed with an acute viral syndrome. Two days later, he re-presented for […]