Meeting
Abstract Number: 0654
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with a history of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) on rituximab, paraplegia, knee arthroplasty with prior prosthetic joint infections, and chronic urinary catheter complicated by frequent UTI’s with prior growth of Pseudomonas, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), E. coli, and Proteus, presented with fever and purulent urine. He was insensate below the umbilicus [...]
Abstract Number: 0926
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old female with hypertension and end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis was admitted with subacute dyspnea accompanied by abdominal pain and swelling. During a previous admission for similar symptoms three months prior, CT of the abdomen and pelvis revealed ascites and an adnexal mass measuring 8.6×5.2 cm. She was treated for [...]
Abstract Number: 1107
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72 year old woman with a history of recurrent, metastatic breast cancer complicated by pembrolizumab-related immune-mediated colitis presented to our hospital with sudden onset dizziness and shortness of breath. Four weeks prior to presentation, she suffered a colitis flare and was treated with a rapid 40 mg prednisone taper along with dapsone [...]