Meeting
Abstract Number: 583
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: We introduce you to a 57-year-old woman with a past medical history of one pack per day of smoking for 20 years, and a premature history of CAD in her father. The patient presented to the emergency department with severe, pleuritic chest pain that began 4 days prior to admission. The patient described the pain as sudden […]
Abstract Number: 593
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This patient is a 74-year old male with CAD, HFpEF, HTN, Type 2 DM, CKD3, and obesity admitted for sepsis secondary to bilateral lower extremity purulent cellulitis, complicated by acute decompensated heart failure. He was started on cefepime 2 g twice daily and on vancomycin (vanco), dosed daily by level. After receiving only two doses of vanco 1g, the patient was found to have persistently elevated […]
Abstract Number: 595
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of tobacco use disorder, laryngeal cancer status post chemotherapy and radiation, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presented with tongue pain. Ten days before her presentation, she developed a small painful blister on her tongue, which was associated with difficulty eating and drinking. She decided to come to the hospital […]