Meeting
Abstract Number: 467
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presented with altered mental status. She reported “seeing monsters when I close my eyes,” “bouncing off the walls like I was drunk,” and slurring her speech at home. Her family added that she was highly functional at baseline, lived independently and […]
Abstract Number: 662
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old women with hypertension, coronary artery disease, COPD and gastroesophageal reflux, presented with one-day history of fever, witnessed tonic clonic seizure, confusion and lethargy. She reported headache for a month with back pain. Vital signs revealed fever 40 °C, tachycardia 128/min, tachypnea 32/min, and oxygen saturation of 100% on 2 L […]