Meeting
Abstract Number: 697
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 81-year-old man initially presented to his primary care physician for a persistent cough of three weeks associated with new onset shortness of breath when climbing stairs. He had a normal chest X-Ray, but also a mild anemia. Initial work-up was targeted at evaluation for a gastrointestinal bleed. He underwent a CT abdomen/pelvis, upper […]
Abstract Number: 745
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with no significant past medical history was initially hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and subsequently developed hematemesis, melena along with fever and night sweats. Other presenting symptoms included productive cough, worsening dyspnea, and 80-pound unintentional weight loss in 3 months. She denied travel/occupation history. Further workup showed WBC 46.6×103/uL, Hemoglobin 8.3 […]
Abstract Number: 973
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old woman with a history of polysubstance abuse and recent e-cigarette/vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) presented to the Emergency Room (ER) at a rural medical center with Acute Respiratory Failure and Altered Mental Status (AMS). Pt was 3 months post-partum. Past medical history included chronic migraine headaches and Grave’s disease. […]
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 […]