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Search Results for Alveolar Hemorrhage
Abstract Number: 778
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old African-American woman presented to our Emergency Department with hemoptysis and severe respiratory distress. Two weeks prior to presentation, she was admitted with persistent cough and blood streaked sputum of 1-month duration and was treated with antibiotics for a presumptive diagnosis of pnemonia after a negative bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Her […]
Abstract Number: 835
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old man presented with two weeks of progressive dyspnea. He denied chest pain, lower extremity edema, orthopnea, melena, hematochezia, hemoptysis, cough, or fever. He had a previous presentation with similar symptoms of unknown etiology a few weeks before treated with steroids, blood transfusions, and antibiotics with improvement in symptoms. He was on […]
Abstract Number: 874
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and […]
Abstract Number: 881
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29 year-old male (AP) with history of ALL presented with neutropenic fevers after receiving intrathecal methotrexate one day prior. AP was in consolidation phase of treatment with most recent bone marrow biopsy showing hypocellular marrow without evidence of leukemia. On admission, he was febrile to 102.9 degrees Fahrenheit with pancytopenia and ANC […]
Abstract Number: 904
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and […]
Abstract Number: A39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an […]
Abstract Number: F36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension managed chronically with hydralazine presented to the hospital complaining of acute onset of dyspnea, fever, and cough. He was treated for community acquired pneumonia with incomplete resolution of his symptoms. One month later he returned with fatigue and hemoptysis. Work up was significant for […]
Abstract Number: 1201
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 3-year-old female presented with 1-day of fatigue, pallor, dyspnea and dry cough. Vital signs showed HR 152, RR 28, temp 98.8 F, BP 101/67, and oxygen saturation of 75% on room air. On exam, she was well appearing, with clear lungs and no respiratory distress despite the desaturations. Initial testing showed a […]
Abstract Number: 1241
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse and Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with complaints of retrosternal chest pain and multiple bouts of coffee-ground emesis for three days. He reported a three-day binge of drinking vodka prior to the presentation. On examination, he was tachycardic, tachypneic, but normotensive. Hand and tongue tremors […]
Abstract Number: 1249
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male presented with one week history of worsening delusional behavior and encephalopathy. His medical history included hepatitis C (in remission), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polysubstance abuse (cocaine, alcohol). Initial CT head revealed a hypodensity involving right temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes suggestive of acute infarction. Subsequent MRI brain revealed T2 […]