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Abstract Number: 455
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 18 year old Spanish speaking male from Honduras presented following a motor vehicle accident. Initial assessment in the ED included a CXR and bedside Echocardiogram which noted cardiomegaly and a reduced EF of 15%. Patient reports experiencing headaches, blurry vision, palpitations, and non-radiating left sided chest pressure intermittently over the last four […]
Abstract Number: 511
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: We describe a patient with relapsing polychondritis (RPC) who developed a complete heart block, mitral valve insufficiency and aortic root dilation. A 72-year-old man with a history of RPC presented with fatigue, lightheadedness and syncope, which was secondary to the new onset complete heart block (CHB). Further investigation showed an elevated C-reactive protein […]
Abstract Number: 550
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old-female presented to the ED with an 8-month history of intermittent, progressive, substernal chest pain. EKG showed normal sinus rhythm without ischemic changes and troponin was negative. CT Angiogram showed a moderate pericardial effusion and mild wall thickening of the thoracic aorta concerning for vasculitis. Cardiac MRI showed aortitis with mild pericarditis […]
Abstract Number: 553
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 62-year-old Eastern European female with no significant past medical history who was brought to the emergency department after a sustaining a syncopal episode. At the time of exam, she was largely asymptomatic, and her review of systems was positive for a brief isolated episode of mild chest pain that […]
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension and tobacco use presented with two months of new onset constipation and progressively worsening, diffuse, generalized abdominal pain, early satiety, and a 30-pound weight loss. She was found to be anemic. A colonoscopy was performed that was unremarkable. Two months later, with no symptomatic improvement with laxatives, she […]
Abstract Number: 658
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An elderly male with history of hypertension and significant hearing impairment presented for the evaluation of progressive dyspnea on exertion. Patient had been experiencing dyspnea for a few months and family had noticed patient’s lips turning cyanotic on occasion. Admission vitals: temperature 100.8 degrees, BP 121/64, HR 96, RR 20, O2 sat 95% […]
Abstract Number: G39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 75 year-old man with no significant history presented with four weeks of malaise and lower extremity rash, five days of cough and rhinorrhea, and one day of pleuritic chest pain that he attributed to incessant coughing. On arrival he was febrile to 38.3 Celsius and tachycardic to 120 beats per minute. His […]