Meeting
Abstract Number: 518
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presented after a transient episode of left-sided weakness and dysarthria that resolved by the time of arrival to the emergency department. Vital signs were stable except for a blood pressure of 167/92. Physical exam, including a comprehensive neurologic exam, was negative. Urgent stroke workup was […]
Abstract Number: 590
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male with a history of Goodpasture syndrome, systemic lupus, and Wegener’s granulomatosis underwent a deceased donor kidney transplant for end-stage renal disease. Two days post-surgery, the patient developed anemia and thrombocytopenia, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, and increased creatinine, prompting a preemptive diagnosis of TTP. Plasmapheresis was initiated every other day, alternating with […]
Abstract Number: 672
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with past medical history significant for hypertension, alcohol use disorder in remission, known grade I esophageal varices, and cirrhosis who presented with confusion and oral mucosa bleeding. He was tachycardic to 100 but had adequate blood pressure of 106/68. Initial labs remarkable for hemoglobin 9.4 g/dL and platelet count 1 […]
Abstract Number: 680
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with a history of morbid obesity, asthma, and chronic tracheostomy presented with 3 weeks of abdominal pain. The pain was intermittent and epigastric, without relationship to eating. He had poor appetite and nausea, though no emesis. He denied use of ibuprofen or alcohol. He denied fevers or chills. The pain […]