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Search Results for Anemia
Abstract Number: 505
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male from Nigeria with no medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with 5 days of dark urine, decreased oral intake, weakness, and abdominal pain. On exam, the patient was tachycardic, jaundiced, and had normal oxygen saturation. Labs revealed a leukocytosis, acute kidney injury (AKI), and a precipitous drop in […]
Abstract Number: 505
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 62-year-old male with a PMH notable for recurrent epistaxis, bleeding post-dental procedures & IDA since childhood on & off oral iron supplementation presented to the hospital with a traumatic head injury resulting in a SAH/SDH. Initial laboratory work found normocytic anemia & severe thrombocytopenia (TCP) – 25 X 10E+09/L . CT abdomen & […]
Abstract Number: 507
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female with a history of decompensated NASH-cirrhosis with portal hypertensive enteropathy (MELD-Na: 24) and associated iron deficiency anemia (IDA) presents for an incidental hemoglobin of 5.8 g/dL. She had symptoms of fatigue but was otherwise asymptomatic with no melena or hematochezia. Vital signs were within normal limits. The physical exam was […]
Abstract Number: 508
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 12 month old presented to the emergency department with three weeks of progressively worsening generalized edema and one week of fatigue and pallor. Patient was born at term, and growth and development had been appropriate. Mother had stopped breastfeeding several weeks prior to presentation, just before patient’s first birthday. Patient’s […]
Abstract Number: 515
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old female with history of IgG immune deficiency requiring intravenous immunoglobulin transfusions from the age of 12-17 presented to our service with one-week complaint of dizziness and fatigue. At presentation, she reported dyspnea, chest pain, intermittent palpitations, and nausea. She had had a brief pre-syncopal episode and an episode of nausea and […]
Abstract Number: 515
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with no known medical history presented after a syncopal episode and one week of malaise and fatigue. She was diagnosed with high output heart failure complicating severe pulmonary hypertension. Hemoglobin was 2.7 g/dL with MCV of 50 fL. She denied menorrhagia, melena, hematuria or hematemesis as well as weight loss […]
Abstract Number: 524
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 75 year old woman with past medical history of hypothyroidism presented with weakness and the sensation of “large folds of skin” on the bottom of her feet. Pertinent physical exam findings included conjunctival pallor, nonspecific diffuse abdominal tenderness, and hyperpigmented macules of the dorsal finger tips and soles, which were also new […]
Abstract Number: 528
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol abuse, anxiety, and Crohn’s disease treated with right hemicolectomy and ileocolic anastomosis 30 years ago presented with symptoms of altered mental status, generalized weakness, and weight loss for 10 days. He endorsed chronic diarrhea but was not on immunosuppressants. He had a temperature of […]
Abstract Number: 536
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Syncope has many varied etiologies, ranging from cardiogenic to neurologic phenomena. We present a case of a gastrointestinal (GI) tumor causing anemia and subsequent syncope in a patient with no clinical evidence of GI bleeding. A 79-year-old Filipino female with sick sinus syndrome status-post pacemaker placement, atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation, history of a stroke with […]
Abstract Number: 541
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with four days of worsening fever, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, headache, and difficulty swallowing. One month prior, he presented to an urgent care with an enlarged tender lump below his chin and swollen lymph nodes. He was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis (IM) and […]