Meeting
Abstract Number: 311
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a 21 year old man with prior polysubstance use who presented with worsening pleuritic chest pain, subjective fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and diarrhea for three days. He reported testing positive for COVID-19 17 days prior to admission, but for 14 days thereafter had only mild symptoms of non-productive cough and malaise. […]
Abstract Number: 711
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old female smoker with no known medical history presented to the emergency department after being accidentally pepper-sprayed in her face by her grandson. She reported discomfort in her eyes and throat but denied visual changes, chest pain or dyspnea. Physical exam revealed hypertension, tachycardia, and conjunctival injection. She was discharged home after […]
Abstract Number: 739
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 67 year-old male presented to the hospital with progressive weakness, lightheadedness upon standing, and intermittent chest pain. His medical history includes hypertension and chronic back pain from spinal stenosis for which he was previously on long-term prednisone. Two months prior to admission he underwent an uncomplicated lumbar fusion with discectomy after which […]
Abstract Number: 751
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Our patient is 78-year-old female with a history of mitral regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT) with systolic anterior motion (SAM) of mitral valve, migraines, and hypertension presented with lightheadedness. She had increased blood pressure at her recent office visit few weeks back necessitating an increase in dosage of verapamil. At presentation, […]