Meeting
Abstract Number: 368
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man presents with chief complaints of fever, nausea, vomiting, rash and discoloration of hands and feet for 1 day. He was admitted to intensive care unit for septic shock and altered mental status. Patient was intubated and started on intravenous fluids, pressor medications and broad-spectrum antibiotics (vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam). On day […]
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 […]