Meeting
Abstract Number: 473
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old male with a history of IV drug use presented with right upper extremity (RUE) pain that started after he used IV methamphetamine. Physical exam revealed tachycardia and erythema, edema, and blistering of the RUE. Labs showed WBC 26.7, sodium 129, and lactic acid 3.1. CT RUE revealed moderate soft tissue edema […]
Abstract Number: 502
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old African American female with a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4, and systemic sarcoidosis in remission, presented for an acute change in mental status with delusions, and memory loss for 1 week. She had a history of dysphagia with […]
Abstract Number: 566
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with confusion, generalized weakness, poor appetite, abdominal pain, depressed mood, and constipation for the past week. She states that she has auditory hallucinations and paranoia and thinks a man is going to kill her which caused her to stay at home. She did not have […]