Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for AKI
Abstract Number: 625
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old woman with a history of metabolic syndrome and necrotizing pancreatitis presented with new onset ascites. Her story began nine months earlier, when she developed abdominal pain. CT at that time revealed pancreatitis and cholelithiasis without biliary dilation. Lab values were notable for: lipase 55000, total bilirubin (TBIL) 5.3, AST 660, ALT […]
Abstract Number: 659
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old woman with history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) presented with malaise and dysuria. Vitals were notable for low grade fever, tachycardia, and hypotension (85/50). Physical exam with 2+ pitting edema and bilateral costovertebral angle tenderness. The white blood cell count was 23,000 cubic mm, creatinine 6.4 mg/dL (baseline 0.6 mg/dL), […]
Abstract Number: 704
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-day old ex-term, Caucasian female presented with one day of diffuse rash and fever in the setting of congestion and a sick sibling. Her rash was initially attributed to viral erythema multiforme. She was well-appearing but given vulnerable age and elevated band count, she was admitted for observation. With improvement of her […]
Abstract Number: 724
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 4-month-old, Filipina female presented with 5 days of fever, irritability, and left jaw and neck swelling. Physical exam revealed bilateral conjunctivitis, blanching migratory macular erythema of the forehead and abdomen, and edema with erythema of the left neck that also obscured the angle of the left jaw. Ultrasound showed enlarged left parotid […]
Abstract Number: 760
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Previously healthy 2-month-old female presented with 4 day history of fever, rhinorrhea, cough, emesis, diarrhea, decreased intake and progressing rash on abdomen and extremities. Exam notable for injected conjunctiva and flash capillary refill. Patient was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for fluid resuscitation and severity of presentation. Given concern for […]
Abstract Number: 865
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man with PMH chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage II, adjustment disorder, methamphetamine (meth) abuse, last use 2 days before admission, presented with decreased urine output, “coffee-colored” urine, diffuse muscle pain, severe back pain, and fatigue for 1 day. Urine was positive for amphetamines, CPK 218,000 mcg/L, AST, and ALT were 1254 […]
Abstract Number: 981
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old female with adult-onset Still’s disease (AoSD) refractory to methylprednisolone and who had been recently started on anakinra 2 months prior to hospitalization was admitted with 2 weeks of fatigue, nausea, diffuse pruritis, jaundice, and intermittent fevers and rash. Exam was notable for jaundice and salmon-colored rashes on her trunk and back. […]
Abstract Number: H40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 32 year old South Asian man with a history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department (ED) for severe, crushing, mid-sternal chest pain associated with nausea and diaphoresis that awoke him from sleep. In the ED, he was found to have a troponin elevation to 1.159 ng/ml (normal < 0.055 ng/ml) and […]
Abstract Number: I12
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Clinical ethics consultation can promote ethical delivery of care by helping identify ethical questions, frame clinical decisions in the context of values, clarify policies and address the care team’s moral distress. Though hospitalists routinely grapple with ethical dilemmas, there is a paucity of literature on characteristics and value of ethics consults (ECs) in hospital […]
Abstract Number: O10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: We aimed to represent the effects of SARS Co V -2 on kidney functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients of varied baseline GFR values staged into renal categories of one to five. Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study using data of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with acute kidney injuries. Demographic characteristics, clinical […]