Meeting
Abstract Number: 901
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman with a history of morbid obesity, cholecystectomy, and prior choledocholithiasis with placement of biliary stents presented with nausea, vomiting, rigors, and fever with epigastric pain radiating to her back. Cardiopulmonary, neurological, and skin exams were unremarkable. Initial laboratory studies showed a white blood cell count of 10.7 x 10^3/µL, AST […]
Abstract Number: D28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old male with a history of untreated ulcerative colitis (UC) presented to the emergency department with a two-week history of jaundice, malaise, fatigue, right upper quadrant pain, and tan-colored stools. Vital signs were normal. Physical exam was remarkable for epigastric tenderness, sclera icterus and jaundice. Relevant laboratory findings revealed total bilirubin of […]
Abstract Number: 1044
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old male with history of complicated otitis media with bilateral facial palsy presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-week history of dry cough, bilateral eye redness and epistaxis. The patient had recurrent episodes of bilateral purulent otitis media over the past 4 months, failing treatment with anti-histamines and antibiotics, and […]