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Abstract Number: 255
SHM Converge 2021
Background: At Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University residency programs, non-internal medicine interns undergo a significant portion of their training via the Hospitalist Medicine Division to fulfill their ACGME requirement of inpatient internal medicine. The hospitalist schedule is a 7-on and 7-off rotation, resulting in new attendings each week for both supervising direct patient care and leading intern […]
Abstract Number: 413
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old female presented to the ER with a 1-week history of painful swelling of her right upper back not alleviated by NSAIDs or warm packs. She denied a history of recent trauma or fever. She has a history of surgical removal of a cranial myofibroma at 5 months of age and persistent […]
Abstract Number: 496
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 53-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian female presented with low-trauma, recurrent metatarsal fractures. She reports her first metatarsal fracture at age 21, and since then had at least 8 more metatarsal fractures over her lifetime. On further inquiry, she reported history of gait disturbance as a child and dental issues (spacing and loosening). Labs showed normal […]
Abstract Number: 501
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old never-smoker female with hypothyroidism and rheumatoid arthritis on etanercept presented with intermittent hemoptysis. Three days prior, she reported coughing ~100mL of frank blood and clots (Figure 1) over the course of 24 hours, with smaller volumes over the next two days (~50 mL total). She recounted a similar episode of hemoptysis […]
Abstract Number: 544
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man with a history of a chronic provoked bilateral pulmonary embolism with left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and hypercholesterolemia presented to the emergency department with acute, severe, constant left calf pain and swelling, exacerbated by standing. He stated that “I think I have another blood clot […]
Abstract Number: 646
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 54 yo White Male with PMH of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) presented with right-sided focal neurological deficits, word finding difficulties, confusion and headache. He was treated for a brain abscess with surgical resection and antibiotics X 1 month at an OSH attributed to recently sustained head trauma. Follow up MRI 1 month later, […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with a medical history of morbid obesity presented to a rural hospital with a one-week history of extreme fatigue, malaise, jaundice, and anorexia. Her initial vital signs were unremarkable. Physical exam revealed a distressed-appearing woman with diaphoresis, scleral icterus, jaundice, and lower extremity edema. Laboratory findings revealed significant elevation of […]
Abstract Number: 762
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 16-month-old male with a history of reactive airway disease presented to clinic for evaluation of vomiting for four months. He had a history of chronic cough and had been started on acid suppression for gastroesophageal reflux but did not have any improvement in symptoms. His physical examination was unremarkable. He also had […]
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 23 year-old woman presenting with left thigh pain and erythema. Reported rapid onset of pain in left upper thigh and buttock one day prior to admission with no associated fever or chills and no recent trauma to the area. Stated she had had similar symptoms in the same distribution twice over the last […]
Abstract Number: 925
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: IntroductionDizziness is one of the most frequent complaints encountered in the medical practice affecting 15-20% of adults yearly 1, and can be challenging to assess. Dizziness can be classified into vertigo, disequilibrium and syncope. Most patients use dizziness as a non-specific term, and thus suffer prejudice from the physicians’ end and can be […]