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Abstract Number: 619
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: AH is a 74-year-old male with end stage renal disease, who received a living donor renal transplant in 6/2013. Following transplant AH had immediate graft function. His maintenance immunosuppression was tacrolimus and prednisone. Post transplant course was notable for the development of glomerulopathy, resulting in CKD III, complicated by chronic hyperkalemia, in part […]
Abstract Number: 624
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old-male with history of diabetes type 1 and renal transplant on immunosuppression presents with 2 weeks of weakness, anorexia, and cough. Initial exam revealed temperature 102.8 but was otherwise normal. He was started on empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics. Two days after admission, he was found obtunded and dysarthric. He suffered an aspiration event […]
Abstract Number: 629
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We report here a case of high output heart failure (HOHF), a rare but potential complication of Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a post-renal transplant patient.A 60-year-old male with end-stage renal disease and subsequent renal transplant 3 months ago presented with exertional dyspnea, worsening anasarca, and weight gain of 20 pounds. The patient also […]
Abstract Number: 634
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 59 year-old female with past history of uncontrolled asthma with multiple exacerbations requiring systemic corticosteroids, and recurrent episodes of non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis, presented with muscle aches. On exam, patient was hemodynamically stable and afebrile, with bilateral upper and lower extremity tenderness. Laboratory analysis was concerning for elevated creatinine kinase levels of 1127 U/L. Complete […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old female presented to the ED with five days of fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, increasing confusion, and somnolence after a recent viral illness. On physical exam, she was noted to have large, fixed masses in her breasts with bulky axillary lymphadenopathy. Upon further questioning, the patient revealed that she […]
Abstract Number: 643
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of alcohol abuse presented to the Emergency Room complaining of worsening abdominal pain for 2 weeks. Patient stated that he drinks half a pint of whiskey every day, and that the last drink was the day before presenting to the Emergency Room. He also reported that he had […]
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 35-year-old male with a history of hypertension who was transferred from an outside hospital (OSH) for renal vein, and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. A month prior to presentation to the OSH, he had developed acute, right-sided flank pain with nausea. At the OSH, he was diagnosed with nephrolithiasis, […]
Abstract Number: 651
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis (HD), presented to the ED with slurred speech, altered mental status, and generalized weakness for a day. At baseline she was alert and oriented to person, place, and time. Four days prior to admission, she was diagnosed with herpes zoster […]
Abstract Number: 659
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 88-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a four-day history of left-sided flank pain associated with nausea and emesis. She has a history of essential hypertension, dyslipidemia, anxiety, and diverticulitis, with a prior history of partial colectomy. For hypertension, she has been on triamterene-hydrochlorothiazide 75 mg-50 mg once daily for several […]
Abstract Number: 663
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old male without significant past medical history presented with fevers, progressive purpuric rash that started in the ankles and spread in a centrifugal distribution, joint stiffness, as well as a rapidly progressive right-sided neck mass. Two weeks prior to presentation he had experienced sore throat and subjective fevers which self-resolved. One week […]