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Abstract Number: 484
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with no past medical history presented with chief complaint of generalized weakness, fatigue, headache, loss of appetite and intermittent fever and chills for 5 days. On arrival to the ED, his vitals were notable for temperature was 102.3F.. Labs notable for a hemoglobin 12.5 g/dL, platelets 55×109/L, sodium 128 mmol/L, […]
Abstract Number: 534
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 44 year old man with a history of alcohol abuse presented with one week of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain, nausea, jaundice, fevers, lethargy and anorexia in the summer time after two weeks of binge drinking. Physical examination was notable for tachycardia, scleral icterus and RUQ tenderness. Pertinent labs included elevated AST:ALT […]
Abstract Number: 873
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A healthy, pleasant 25 years old male, dog-owner, with Down syndrome presented with generalized malaise, intermittent fevers, chills, sweating, abdominal pain, intermittent neck pain that progressively worsened over a week. His fever was ranging from 101-105 Fahrenheit and spiked nocturnally. He had raked the yard 2 weeks ago and his parents were concerned […]
Abstract Number: G25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man presented with 3 weeks of intermittent fevers along with 3 days of epigastric pain and black stool in the setting of recent travel to the Poconos, Pennsylvania and Ecuador. While at his vacation home in the Poconos mountains, the patient spent time clearing away brush and ate cooked wild mushrooms […]
Abstract Number: 1017
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 60-year old male gardener presented with generalized body aches, night sweats, chills, malaise, fevers and headache (frontal and occipital) intermittently for a month. He reported abdominal pain, dyspnea, joint stiffness and myalgia. Around 2 weeks prior, the pain intensified and he received a treatment for upper respiratory infection with azithromycin. He finally […]