Meeting
Abstract Number: 683
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) presented with a complex clinical picture involving seizures, falls, and fever. Limited historical information hindered a comprehensive understanding of the patient’s medical background. Upon examination, the patient exhibited signs of cachexia, lethargy, and distinctive skin lesions. Laboratory results revealed anemia, leukocytosis, and a significantly low […]
Abstract Number: 882
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old woman with a history of liver transplant presented to a rural hospital for evaluation of rigors, nausea and vomiting. Her post-transplant course had been complicated by HCV recurrence treated successfully with interferon and ribavirin; cirrhosis, and refractory gastric variceal bleeding for which she received a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) […]
Abstract Number: G40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old previously healthy Caucasian woman was evaluated by a neurologist for seizure-like activity and syncope. She was placed on a Holter monitor that showed episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and third-degree AV block. She presented to the emergency department with chest pain, a new left bundle branch block, and […]
Abstract Number: 1054
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old homeless African American man with Brugada syndrome, post automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD), initially presented to the hospital for acute onset of chest pain and cough for three days. Initial vitals were unremarkable; exam showed normal heart and lung sounds. EKG showed normal sinus rhythm with no signs of ischemia. AICD interrogated […]
Abstract Number: 1085
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is an unusual respiratory disease caused by inflammation from a foreign body reaction to inhaled lipid particles. Here we present a case of this illness in the absence of a history of vaping, and we show how diagnosis can be delayed while searching for more common respiratory disorders. Discussion: […]