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Search Results for Acute Kidney Injury
Abstract Number: 681
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman with prior cerebrovascular accident, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and diabetes who presented for her second syncopal episode in as many months. Her exam was unremarkable aside from chronic neurologic deficits and new lower extremity swelling. Initial labs revealed elevated creatinine and large protein on her urinalysis with a very low […]
Abstract Number: 683
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history of bladder cancer, chronic kidney disease stage 3, colon cancer s/p colectomy with colostomy 2016, chronic hypotension on midodrine who presented initially with three days onset of inability to tolerate oral intake due to nausea, vomiting, and increased colostomy output. Other positive findings on the […]
Abstract Number: 699
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 71 year old male presents to the ED with diffuse abdominal pain and nausea for the day. He has an extensive medical history including Type II DM, CAD, HFpEF, and COPD. He was recently prescribed Bactrim for a UTI, but notes persistent dysuria and suprapubic discomfort which prompted him to take an […]
Abstract Number: 725
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a history of multiple falls. Her physical exam was unremarkable. A computerized tomographic scan of the head and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the contrast of brain showed frontoparietal mass with metastatic brain lesions. Right frontal craniotomy with tumor resection was done and biopsy […]
Abstract Number: 737
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old female presented for evaluation of two days of nausea and vomiting. She also described swelling in her legs and decreased urination over that time. Exam revealed blood pressure of 150/100 (baseline blood pressure 90/50), pitting lower extremity edema, taut skin of both hands, and bibasilar crackles. Labs revealed creatinine of 3.2 […]
Abstract Number: 763
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and hyperlipidemia presented with jaundice and one week of diarrhea with occasional hematochezia. In addition, he noted dark urine, decreased PO intake and appetite. On exam, he was jaundiced with scleral icterus. Lab work revealed acute kidney injury with initial creatinine level of […]
Abstract Number: 815
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 65-year-old, woman who had developed pseudomonas bacteremia after a complicated femoral artery thrombosis s/p transcatheter repair of the mitral valve. The patient was discharged home on a 6-week course of IV cefepime for concerns of possible mitral valve endocarditis. Within 2 weeks of discharge, the patient had been brought back […]
Abstract Number: 909
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a medical history of hypertension presented with vomiting of 5 days. Vomitus was non-bloody, non-bilious in nature and was associated with headache. The headache was sudden in onset, bifrontal, 8/10 on a numerical rating pain scale.Initial vitals were remarkable for BP of 68/54 mm Hg which improved to 94/55 […]
Abstract Number: D31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present an 80-year-old female with a medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. She underwent pulmonary vein isolation in 2017 and had reportedly been on flecainide 150 mg twice daily and atenolol 100 milligram twice daily since then. She presented to the emergency department with dyspnea […]
Abstract Number: I30
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 62 year-old gentleman with PMH significant for HTN, moderate-severe bilateral RAS and stage IIIa CKD who was transferred to our hospital for AKI requiring dialysis. 1 month prior to presentation, spironolactone was added to his antihypertensive medications of amlodipine, carvedilol, azilsartan and furosemide. He was in his usual state […]