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Abstract Number: 364
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are at a higher risk of infection compared to their healthy counterparts. This retrospective chart review aimed to elucidate the incidence and etiology of skin infections in HSCT patients and understand the relationship between these infections and graft-versus host disease (GVHD), neutropenia, and transplant type. […]
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Mr. M is a 66 year old man with a history of a kidney transplant and extensive coronary disease with a recent myocardial infarction and code blue arrest 2 months prior to admission. He presented to an outside facility with altered mental status and seizures attributed to severe hyponatremia (Na 115). The patient […]
Abstract Number: 655
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old gentleman had a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy treated with Orthotopic Heart Transplant (OHT), on tacrolimus & prednisone; cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS); & negative pre-transplant Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) serology. He presented 5 months after OHT with progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea & bilateral lower extremities swelling since 1 week. On […]
Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old woman woman presented after multiple episodes of seizure. She had no prior history of seizures or alcoholism. The patient had a deceased donor renal transplant 6 months prior complicated by persistent right perinephric fluid collection treated with long term piperacillin-tazobactam therapy. Attempts to obtain microbiology were unsuccessful and patient was started […]
Abstract Number: 844
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old female with Senior-Loken syndrome leading to blindness and chronic kidney disease (CKD) by the age of 19, eventually progressed to CKD stage V and had a live donor kidney transplant performed at the age of 26. Subsequently, she was started on Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate for immunosuppression (IS). Seven months later, she […]
Abstract Number: 866
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 48 YO female with ESRD due to IgA nephropathy underwent DDKT 13 years ago with thymo induction and subsequent maintenance immunosuppression with Tacrolimus & MMF and had excellent graft functions. Two years post-transplant, renal allograft biopsy performed for evaluation of proteinuria, hematuria and worsening renal function revealed recurrence of IgA. Patient was […]