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Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and recently detected pancreatic “cancer” presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and significant weight loss. Two weeks prior he presented to another hospital with laboratory values indicating obstructive jaundice and initial concern for pancreatic cancer. No mass was seen by Computed Tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis. […]
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old African American incarcerated male presented with headache, new seizures, and blurry vision. Spinal fluid showed high protein, lymphocytes, mildly elevated adenosine deaminase, and low glucose. AFB, bacterial, fungal and viral studies were negative. MRI revealed severe basilar meningitis with enhancing nodular density. RIPE (Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol) was started, followed by RI […]
Abstract Number: 642
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old man who had been under quarantine for a week prior to presumed COVID-19 presented to the emergency department (ED) with worsening malaise, fever, and loss of appetite. Two weeks prior, the patient presented to his primary care provider (PCP) with fevers, dry cough, exertional dyspnea, sweats, malaise, anorexia, anosmia, and dysgeusia. […]
Abstract Number: 647
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old Mexican man with a history of polysubstance abuse presented to the hospital for fever and dysphagia of 4 weeks duration. CT of the chest taken at an outside facility showed a large esophageal mass with right hilar and left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy (Figure 1). Given concern for malignancy, an EGD with […]
Abstract Number: 649
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 83-year-old woman of Chinese origin with remote history of breast cancer and pulmonary fibrosis of unknown etiology presented to care with one month of fevers, night sweats, malaise, and cough. After three negative acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smears and CT chest showing chronic right apical scarring during hospital admission, she was discharged on […]
Abstract Number: 668
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man presented to the emergency department with sudden onset, severe abdominal pain radiating toward the back. Medical history included bipolar disorder treated with bupropion, sertraline, and lamotrigine. Surgical history included prior appendectomy. There was no history of sick contacts, alcohol use, gallstones, or peptic ulcer disease. On exam he was tachycardic […]
Abstract Number: 673
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 82 year-old woman with history of stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented with new onset of altered mental status, upper extremity tremors and slurred speech. Four days prior to presentation patient was diagnosed with urinary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and was started on cefepime. On the day of […]
Abstract Number: 693
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male without prior medical history was referred by a spine surgeon to the emergency department (ED) with weakness, numbness, and discoordination of the right leg, worsening over a four month period and resulting in multiple falls. He reported three weeks of urinary and bowel urgency and incontinence. He had a family […]
Abstract Number: 697
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 81-year-old man initially presented to his primary care physician for a persistent cough of three weeks associated with new onset shortness of breath when climbing stairs. He had a normal chest X-Ray, but also a mild anemia. Initial work-up was targeted at evaluation for a gastrointestinal bleed. He underwent a CT abdomen/pelvis, upper […]
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 91 year-old woman with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic kidney disease, and morbid obesity was admitted with subacute shortness of breath. The patient’s CHF history was significant for no prior emergency department visits or hospitalizations attributed to CHF exacerbation. A recent transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with a normal […]