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Abstract Number: 761
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male with a past medical history of gout presented with a 5-day history of intermittent fevers, arthralgias, testicular pain and swelling. He denied dysuria, penile discharge, lymphadenopathy, and rashes. He reported having 3 female sexual partners over the past 6 months with consistent condom use and no history of sexually transmitted […]
Abstract Number: 763
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 15-year-old male presented with sharp, constant back pain following a mechanical fall from standing height two days previously. He did not have any loss of consciousness and was able to ambulate following the injury. The back pain started immediately after the fall and continued to worsen over the following two days. He […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male presented with a 4 day history of rectal and abdominal pain. He denied any previous medical history. He also noted three months of productive cough, pyrexia, chills, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed right lower quadrant tenderness accompanied by abdominal rigidity and involuntary guarding. The patient declined digital rectal examination. […]
Abstract Number: 774
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male was transferred to a tertiary medical center for abnormal CT head imaging after presenting with 1 week of left-sided headache. He reported that his headache was waking him from sleep and was associated with morning vomiting. He denied fevers, chills, cough, or weight loss. His neurological exam was unremarkable, as […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented to the hospital with complaints of fever, cough for 1 week. The patient was diaphoretic and also complained of malaise. He was admitted after a failed course of oral antibiotics due to suspected pneumonia. The patient denied any chest pain, dyspnea, or sputum production with the cough. Physical […]
Abstract Number: 807
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension and hyperlipemia presented with abdominal pain and fever for two weeks. On physical examination, the temperature was 37.4 C (99.3F), heart rate was 78 beats per minute, respiratory rate was 16 per minute, and blood pressure was 176/81. There was tenderness in the […]
Abstract Number: 815
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37 year old woman with past medical history of septic shock secondary to urinary tract infection (UTI), systemic lupus erythematosus treated with oral prednisone 10 mg/day, functional quadriplegia due to transverse myelitis, chronic sacral decubitus ulcers, chronic indwelling urinary catheter, morbid obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the emergency […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24 year old, Chuukese-speaking woman visiting the United States from Micronesia, with no known past medical history, presented with complaint of 24 hours of acute epigastric pain. Patient was on no medications. Vital signs: temperature 36.4 degrees C, pulse 65, respirations 16, blood pressure 100/51. Exam showed mild epigastric and right upper […]
Abstract Number: 860
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old Guatemalan male with a past medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, iron deficiency anemia, and chronic ethanol use presented with intermittent fevers, bright red blood per rectum, loose bowel movements, and significant unintentional weight loss. Physical examination revealed right upper quadrant tenderness and conjunctival pallor but was otherwise unremarkable. […]
Abstract Number: 882
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 14-year-old healthy male presented with throbbing, right sided abdominal pain, intermittent headache, and bilateral neck and shoulder pain in the setting of six days of fever (temperature max 103° F). He had a history of a normal endoscopy after elevated stool calprotectin that normalized without intervention. Exposure history was notable for freshwater […]