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Abstract Number: 730
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old woman presented to our hospital for evaluation of chronic kidney disease. Three years earlier, she had been diagnosed at an outside institution with Sjögren’s syndrome after developing sicca symptoms with positive anti-Ro/SSA, antinuclear antibody, and rheumatoid factor titers. Progressive renal insufficiency was noted soon after, but she was lost to follow-up […]
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old African American woman presented with complaints of headache, blurred vision, and progressive bilateral leg swelling for the past week. This was her 4th visit to the hospital in 4 months with similar complaints. Medical history was significant for 10 years of refractory hypertension, many no-show visits, consequent chronic kidney disease stage IV, […]
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: 746
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female with diastolic heart failure presented with one-month worsening dyspnea on exertion and a week of scant hemoptysis and fatigue. She denied tuberculosis risk factors, night sweats, fevers, or skin, joint, or urinary changes. She was fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Her medications included aspirin and hydralazine. Her past medical, surgical, and […]
Abstract Number: 746
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56 year old female smoker with history of progressive weight loss in the past 6-9 months and changes in urinary frequency for about a month, presented with confusion, generalized weakness, lower extremity edema and dysphagia. Physical examination revealed blood pressure 112/53 mmHg, hear rate 81 bpm, temperature 96.1 F, and 1+ bilateral […]
Abstract Number: 747
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with a history of metastatic squamous cell lung cancer presented with anorexia and fatigue to the emergency department. The patient was diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell lung carcinoma one year prior and was started on Paclitaxel/Carboplatin and Nivolumab/Ipilimumab treatments. Prior to the current presentation, the patient had been experiencing palpitations […]
Abstract Number: 763
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old female presented with a one-month history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain and unexplained weight loss. On initial examination, the patient had a BMI of 27.1 kg/m2, blood pressure of 134/88 mmHg. A computerized tomography (CT) scan revealed a substantial tumor centered in the right adrenal gland region, compressing the inferior […]
Abstract Number: 771
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 69yo man was seen in preop clinic before cystoprostatectomy for a very large bladder tumor that had excellent radiographic response to pembrolizumab. His recent history was notable for an episode of witnessed syncope 5 weeks prior attributed to dehydration in the setting of baseline, long-standing intermittent episodes of SVT. Outpatient ECHO and […]
Abstract Number: 778
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old African-American woman presented to our Emergency Department with hemoptysis and severe respiratory distress. Two weeks prior to presentation, she was admitted with persistent cough and blood streaked sputum of 1-month duration and was treated with antibiotics for a presumptive diagnosis of pnemonia after a negative bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Her […]
Abstract Number: 811
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old male with history of end-stage renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in addition to severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy was determined not to be a candidate for kidney transplant in the United States due to his cardiac co-morbidity, and subsequently traveled to Nigeria to receive a kidney transplant from a living relative. […]