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Search Results for Arthritis
Abstract Number: 123
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Septic arthritis (SA) of native joints has an incidence rate of 4-12 per 100,000 person-years. In 2012, there were 36, 539 hospitalizations for SA in US non-VA hospitals and costed the US healthcare system $2.85 billion. Such data has not been reported for US VA-healthcare System. SA has a mortality of 4-13%. Among survivors […]
Abstract Number: 124
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) takes two forms – radiographic (also known as ankylosing spondylitis(AS)) and non-radiographic (nr-axSpA). The symptoms caused are similar with chronic back pain, but nr-axSpA damage cannot be seen on X-rays. Historically, nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) did not have any approved codes so clinicians had to use AS and other codes. Starting […]
Abstract Number: 373
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a 50-year-old woman with a history of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Rituxan and methylprednisolone, COVID-19, MGUS, and recent admissions for bacterial pneumonia and fever of unknown origin who presented with fevers, rigors, and dizziness. Of note, she had tested positive for COVID-19 on 4/2020 via a nasopharyngeal swab, and states fevers began […]
Abstract Number: 435
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The diagnosis of a sexually active young male who presents with fevers, night sweats, weight loss with opportunistic infections and then found to have an acquired immunodeficiency is going to be HIV except when it isn’t. We present a patient with a presumptive diagnosis of HIV but a negative comprehensive HIV laboratory testing […]
Abstract Number: 439
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a history of hypertension and alcohol use disorder was referred to our ED for persistently elevated lipase. Two weeks prior he was admitted to an outside hospital for alcohol induced pancreatitis. On presentation, he reported bilateral ankle pain. Vitals were unremarkable. Physical examination was significant for bilateral erythematous, edematous […]
Abstract Number: 458
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Case of a 63-year-old female with medical conditions of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, and pulmonary embolism (2013) presented to our clinics with progressively worsening purpuric lesions since 1 month prior to evaluation. She stated that these lesions began in the lower extremities and progressed to involve her buttocks, […]
Abstract Number: 461
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man presented with progressive worsening of altered mental status after a fall and right knee trauma. Four days prior he developed subjective fevers, chills and inability to walk after the fall. Past medical history was significant for diverticulitis complicated by diverticular abscess six months prior to admission. He was homebound, no […]
Abstract Number: 471
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 77 year-old woman with a history of porcine mitral valve repair (MVR) presented with left knee pain. Three weeks prior to admission she experienced general malaise and intermittent chills. She then fell resulting in left knee pain and presented three days later due to inability to walk. On examination, she […]
Abstract Number: 494
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old previously healthy male presented with acute symmetrical joint pain with swelling, back pain, headache, and photophobia. He had no established past medical history and his social history was unremarkable. He was febrile with an examination significant for upper and lower extremity joint tenderness, warmth, and joint swelling in his hands, feet, […]
Abstract Number: 495
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 57 year-old African-American male with past medical history of osteoarthritis, opioid dependence secondary to arthralgia, and chronic bilateral lower extremity venous thrombi secondary to both protein C and protein S deficiency, presented with acute altered mental status resulting from synthetic cannabinoid intoxication. The pain was so severe; he was only able to tolerate […]