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Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old woman with migraines, bipolar disorder, and hypothyroidism presented with a 2-day headache that was not improving with sumatriptan. She also complained of generalized weakness, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Workup revealed diabetic ketoacidosis, with blood glucose 530 mg/dL, venous pH 7.02, bicarbonate of 8 mmol/L, and anion gap 29. The patient had […]
Abstract Number: 732
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old Hispanic man with a medical history of hypertension, T2D with neuropathy, and hyperlipidemia without previous exposure to glucocorticoid presented to the emergency department (ED) with mild fever, headache, and shortness lasting three days. His diabetes had been well controlled with glipizide, metformin, and liraglutide, and his recent glycated hemoglobin was 7.2% […]
Abstract Number: 733
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 20 year old female presented to the emergency department for change in mental status. Five days prior to presentation, the patient was diagnosed at a local urgent care facility with Infectious Mononucleosis and discharged with a course of Prednisone 20 mg. Per family, since starting steroid therapy she began developing […]
Abstract Number: 756
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 89-year-old year old woman with a history of type II diabetes mellitus, insulin-naïve and well-controlled on a regimen of metformin, sitagliptin, and dapagliflozin, presented with 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and poor intake of food and liquids. She had recently been prescribed cephalexin for a suspected UTI. She reported a subacute history […]
Abstract Number: 767
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 6mo female with GERD presented with poor weight gain. She was born full-term with a normal newborn screen. Family history was non-contributory. Since birth, she had poor weight gain despite medical therapy . She had large-volume spit ups shortly after eating, prompting GI evaluation. She was developmentally delayed, unable to sit without […]
Abstract Number: 989
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old Caucasian man presented to his primary care physician with significant fatigue and night sweats associated with 30-pound weight loss, headaches, and dyspnea on exertion. He reported the onset of symptoms one week after returning from a hunting trip in Georgia where he caught and cleaned wild boar. After this initial outpatient […]
Abstract Number: B22
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Ensuring that hospitalized patients have a clearly documented Advance Care Plan (ACP) is important to provide them with goal-concordant care. Our institution undertook an inpatient Quality Improvement (QI) initiative to improve accessible ACP documentation. Though this work significantly improved ACP documentation rates, ACP rates for Latinx patients were significantly lower than those of the […]
Abstract Number: B48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with a past medical history of poorly controlled diabetes and remote intravenous drug use was evaluated for a right chest wall infection. 1 week prior to presentation, he had chest wall erythema, pain resulting in decreased range of motion, fevers, chills, decreased appetite, and weight loss. He presented to an […]
Abstract Number: F37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with mantle cell lymphoma status post chemotherapy 1 week prior presented to an outside emergency department with generalized weakness. Initial laboratory workup revealed hemoglobin of 8.8 g/dL, platelet count of 3 × 109/L, creatinine 5.55 mg/dL and bicarbonate 7 mmol/L (Table 1). Rectal exam showed brown stool, however fecal occult […]
Abstract Number: G27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76 year-old woman with coronary artery disease, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease presented to the ER with a one-day history of profound generalized weakness and acute severe anemia. She had known diverticulosis and was taking aspirin 81 mg twice daily status-post a left total hip arthroplasty three weeks prior. Review of systems […]