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Abstract Number: 560
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old man with decompensated cirrhosis (MELD 45) presented with dizziness and confusion for two days. He denied any other new symptoms. Home medications included lactulose, propranolol, pantoprazole, folic acid and thiamine. On arrival, the patient was normothermic (99.2 F), with bradycardia to 30-40 BPM and blood pressures of 80s/40s mmHg. He […]
Abstract Number: 568
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with history of heavy tobacco use, presented to the emergency department with intermittent watery nonbloody diarrhea for 4 days, associated with worsening confusion and decreased urine output. He denied recent traveling or sick contacts. On examination he was found to be febrile (102.6F), hypertensive, tachycardic (102bpm) and tachypneic (22rpm) and […]
Abstract Number: 568
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with T2DM, OSA, and chronic back pain presented to the ED with nausea, vomiting, malaise, and confusion. He had been on metformin for diabetes, and 6 days prior to presentation, was switched to Victoza (Liraglutide) for better glucose control. He lived at home with his wife, who noticed that his […]
Abstract Number: 572
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 94-year-old female with a past medical history of cerebrovascular accident (no residual effects) presented with an intertrochanteric fracture of the right proximal femur after a mechanical fall. On arrival, the patient was afebrile, vital signs hemodynamically stable. On exam, the patient was alert and oriented x3 with no focal deficits, extremities warm […]
Abstract Number: 577
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old previously healthy man presented to the emergency department with sudden onset left flank pain that began shortly after shoveling his driveway and radiated to his groin. He noted mild dyspnea while shoveling but otherwise denied urinary or constitutional symptoms. His physical exam was notable for fever with a temperature of 38.2C, […]
Abstract Number: 578
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man visited our hospital with complaints of malaise, appetite loss, diarrhea, and arthralgia, all of which he had experienced for 5 days before the visit. Although he had been previously healthy and fit, he had visited a different hospital one month earlier because of the sudden onset of a headache and […]
Abstract Number: 583
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old woman who presented with a year history of recurrent painless gross hematuria and a 3-year history of anemia requiring continuous oral iron replacement therapy and subsequent blood transfusions. On further evaluation, she was also found to have significant proteinuria with preserved renal excretion function and a negative autoimmune panel. A renal […]
Abstract Number: 593
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old woman with history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to ER with 3-day worsening abdominal pain that she was experiencing for about 4 months. Pain was sharp, mainly in periumbilical region and lower abdomen, associated with several episodes of vomiting, non-bloody diarrhea for two days, weakness and myalgia. On examination, she […]
Abstract Number: 595
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 73 year old male patient was referred to our facility for further evaluation of abnormal cardiac imaging. Patient has no prior history of coronary artery disease, has history of stage I (pT1bN0M0) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) status post right nephrectomy 12 years prior to his presentation. He had no evidence of residual […]
Abstract Number: 595
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old female presented with a two-week history of exertional dyspnea, orthopnea, lower extremity edema, and headaches. She had puffy hands, diffuse joint pain, and skin thickening which limited range of motion of her wrists, elbows, ankles, and knees. She was hypertensive with rales and moderate edema to the knees bilaterally. BNP and […]