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Search Results for Pneumonia
Abstract Number: 876
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old man with past medical history significant for tobacco, marijuana, and e-cigarette use presented to the emergency department for hemoptysis, dyspnea, cough with pleuritic chest pain, and subjective fevers. Twenty-four hours prior to presentation, the patient endorsed first-time use of a street-purchased e-cigarette cartridge containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The patient had acute […]
Abstract Number: 932
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old Brazilian female who moved to the US in the 1990s with history of COPD, hypertension, and depression (treated 5 years ago with Seroquel) presented to the ER with 2 weeks of cough, diarrhea, and post-tussive emesis. The patient was febrile to 103 F, BP 96/58, tachycardic to 110, and hypoxic to […]
Abstract Number: 990
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with significant history of deceased donor transplant (18 months prior to presentation), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, who presented with two weeks of fevers and malaise. His other symptoms included drenching night sweats, shortness of breath, and diffuse pleuritic chest pain, however he denied cough. A recent exposure was a renovation of […]
Abstract Number: 1001
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old female was admitted with shortness of breath, cough and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for breast cancer undergoing active neoadjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide. She was hypoxic requiring 2L of oxygen via nasal cannula and febrile to 39.0°C. Labs revealed a WBC of 12.0 x 109/L (4.5-11.0 x […]
Abstract Number: 1074
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old woman with history of childhood asthma presented with 1 week of fever, dry cough and chest discomfort. She also had non-bloody diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. On review, she admitted vaping THC and CBD products for the past 9 months. She was afebrile with HR 115 bpm, BP 130/61 mmHg, RR 18/min […]
Abstract Number: 1076
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 65-year-old male with no previous smoking or supplemental oxygen history who presented to the emergency department after routine clinic visit that was ultimately found to have cryptogenic organizing pneumonia from Influenza type B. Past medical history was insignificant except for recent hospital admission the week prior that […]
Abstract Number: 1085
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is an unusual respiratory disease caused by inflammation from a foreign body reaction to inhaled lipid particles. Here we present a case of this illness in the absence of a history of vaping, and we show how diagnosis can be delayed while searching for more common respiratory disorders. Discussion: […]
Abstract Number: 1086
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of spinal epidural abscess being treated with IV daptomycin, presented to the emergency department with a fever of 104° F. The patient had a history of recurrent epidural abscesses, requiring multiple surgical washouts, following past lumbar diskectomy subsequent to lumbar radiculopathy. Previous cultures were positive for two strains […]
Abstract Number: 1097
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old woman with a history of bladder diverticulum, neurogenic bladder, and atrial fibrillation was admitted to the intensive care unit because of an altered mental status. For 10 years, she had experienced recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) following total hysterectomy. She had no history of alcohol abuse or liver disease. On examination, […]
Abstract Number: 1099
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old man with history of renal transplant due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on mycophenolate and prednisone presented with chest tightness, shortness of breath, and productive cough with white sputum for several weeks. He was admitted one month prior with similar complaints and diagnosed with multi-lobar pneumonia. On admission, vital signs were […]