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Abstract Number: 532
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old female with a history of hypertension presented with encephalopathy. 2 days prior, her family noticed that she was making bizarre statements that did not correlate with reality. Notably, she had a positive COVID-19 test 3 weeks prior. Social history was significant for consumption of 100-125 ounces of beer per day and […]
Abstract Number: 547
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male healthcare worker with a past history of splenectomy secondary to EBV complications, mild persistent asthma, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia. He quickly progressed to septic shock with worsening hypotension, tachycardia, lactic acidosis, increasing oxygen demands, and […]
Abstract Number: 551
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old woman with a history of OA and asthma presented with 3-week dry cough, SOB, poor appetite, and generalized weakness. She saw her PCP prior to admission and was prescribed prednisone for suspected asthma exacerbation which she took for 2 days without improvement. On presentation, she had a low-grade fever of 100.2⁰F […]
Abstract Number: 564
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension presented with a sudden onset of slurred speech, right gaze preference, and left-sided body weakness while at a hair salon. In the Emergency Department, she was afebrile, blood pressure 110/70 mmHg, and heart rate 105 beats per minute. CT head without contrast revealed […]
Abstract Number: 587
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history significant for hyperlipidemia on high-intensity atorvastatin for 6 months, multinodular goiter, Raynaud’s disease, spinal stenosis with peripheral neuropathy presents with 3 days of decreased appetite and bilateral lower extremity pain. Her COVID RT-PCR screen was positive, but the patient denied cough, shortness of breath, fever, or diarrhea. […]
Abstract Number: 592
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a unique case of acquired thrombotic thrombocytic purpura (aTTP) due to the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). Our patient is a 36-year old male with hypertension, alpha-thalassemia trait, who presented with abdominal pain. He has a family history pertinent for a sister with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. He was found to have cholecystitis […]
Abstract Number: 610
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: The patient is a 58-year-old African-American male with no known past medical history. He presented to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath. He had been at home taking care of his parents, who were both COVID-19 positive, for the past four weeks. He reported that he has been feeling unwell since […]
Abstract Number: 617
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old male with a history of mantle cell lymphoma on rituximab, T2DM and hypertension, recently treated for COVID-19, presented again with fever, worsening shortness of breath and new onset bilateral foot weakness/numbness to the ankles. He tested COVID-19 positive 27 days prior to this admission and had a typical COVID-19 presentation […]
Abstract Number: 630
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old male with a past medical history of dilated cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction 20%) presented with shortness of breath. Initial blood pressure was 83/53 mmHg. His breathing became agonal and therefore he was intubated. Physical examination demonstrated jugular venous distention and cold extremities. Chest radiography (Figure 1) revealed diffuse and complete opacification of […]
Abstract Number: 641
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old woman with a significant health history including metabolic syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, stage III chronic kidney disease and a recently diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection. She presented with sepsis and cardiorenal syndrome. On arrival, she was in acute respiratory distress with severe metabolic and respiratory acidosis, and in oliguric state, […]