Meeting
Abstract Number: 501
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease, and type II diabetes presented with dyspnea. He was diagnosed with a COPD exacerbation and COVID-19 infection and treated with IV and oral steroids during an 18-day hospitalization. Two days after discharge, he presented with right upper extremity [...]
Abstract Number: 645
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man native to the Rio Grande Valley with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity presented with bilateral lower extremity pain and erythema that had been worsening over the last six months. Prior to admission the patient had been diagnosed with bilateral lower extremity cellulitis and completed multiple courses of oral [...]