Meeting
Abstract Number: G45
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male presented to the hospital with declining mental status. His chronic medical conditions included stage IV renal cell carcinoma on nivolumab maintenance therapy, type II diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism on levothyroxine 150 mcg, and long-term opioid therapy for malignancy pain. He had a one-week duration of upper abdominal pain […]
Abstract Number: M29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Central Adrenal Insufficiency (CAI) is a rare and often late diagnosis due to nonspecific signs, such as fatigue, hyponatremia, electrolyte abnormalities and fever of unknown origin (FUO). CAI suspicion arises in patients with pituitary tumors, cranial irradiation, surgery, injury, infection, exogenous glucocorticoid withdrawal, and less commonly known, opioid use disorder. A 31-year-old male […]
Abstract Number: 1107
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72 year old woman with a history of recurrent, metastatic breast cancer complicated by pembrolizumab-related immune-mediated colitis presented to our hospital with sudden onset dizziness and shortness of breath. Four weeks prior to presentation, she suffered a colitis flare and was treated with a rapid 40 mg prednisone taper along with dapsone […]