Meeting
Abstract Number: 616
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female presented with diffuse abdominal pain and a past medical history of endometriosis managed with medroxyprogesterone acetate injections. She also reported a decreased appetite and hematuria. Six months earlier she presented with similar symptoms and was diagnosed with an endometriosis flare. On this admission, the heart rate was 131 bpm, with […]
Abstract Number: 704
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old otherwise healthy female army recruit undergoing basic training was admitted to an outside hospital with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. An abdominal CT was unremarkable. Laboratory results revealed hyponatremia (Na 117mmol/L) and polycythemia (Hgb 17mg/dL). Patient then developed severe chest pain associated with tachycardia, hypertension and a mild troponin elevation. […]
Abstract Number: 880
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with history of VACTERL, end-stage kidney disease with kidney transplant 7 years prior, scoliosis with T8-L2 fusion 8 years prior, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES), depression, and recent admission for suspected cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome presented to the ED after a fall due to weakness, and recurrent nausea and vomiting.Physical exam […]
Abstract Number: C44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]