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Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61 year old female with history of metastatic breast carcinoma presented to the hospital for an elective vertebral cryoablation and kyphoplasty to treat her painful bony metastasis. She has known vertebral lytic lesions in addition to a suspected right adrenal involvement. On the first day, cryoablation was performed uneventfully under general anesthesia. […]
Abstract Number: 600
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old previously healthy man presented with subacute fatigue, back pain, and fevers. He developed gradual exertional intolerance in the preceding months which had progressively worsened prior to seeking medical attention. On the day of his presentation, he developed significant abdominal and atraumatic midline back pain. Vital signs at presentation were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 607
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A healthy 61-year-old woman residing in New York City presented with fever, fatigue, and decreased urinary output for four days. She was ill-appearing, jaundiced and hypotensive. Laboratory results were notable for WBC of 5.2/µl, hemoglobin 9 g/dl, platelet count 46,000/mm3, BUN 43 mg/dl, creatinine 4.36 g/dl, total bilirubin 4.6 mg/dl, direct bilirubin 1.5 […]
Abstract Number: 633
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old G9P9 Jehovah’s Witness female with no significant past medical history, presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of postural headaches and double vision. Neurological examination was normal except for left abducens nerve palsy. CTA of the head was unremarkable, but an MRI of the head revealed diffuse smooth dural […]
Abstract Number: 749
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 59 year-old male with a history of Castleman’s Disease, anemia, hypothyroidism, hypertension, CKD3 and neurogenic bladder who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) from the Hematology clinic for abnormal labs, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury. In the ED patient was febrile and hypotensive. He received empiric antimicrobials […]
Abstract Number: 758
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 7-week-old male was admitted to a children’s hospital by his pediatrician due to “failure to thrive” (FTT). He was born full-term, passed his critical congenital heart disease (CHD) screening, and had normal newborn screens. He was exclusively breastfed and regained birthweight by 9 days of age. Over the subsequent weeks, his parents […]
Abstract Number: 771
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with history of recurrent syncope and atrial fibrillation (AF) on warfarin presented to our hospital with headache. Within the last year, he had suffered several falls due to syncope, which resulted in serious injuries, including jaw fracture and subdural hematomas (SDH). He used alcohol and marijuana daily. Previous workup for […]
Abstract Number: 787
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 58 year-old man with a past medical history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, poorly controlled Diabetes Mellitus (HbA1C 9.5%), and Hepatitis C with liver cirrhosis, presented with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to bibasilar community acquired pneumonia, eventually requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. His hospital course was further complicated by empyema requiring placement […]
Abstract Number: 788
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with altered mental status, headaches, and bilateral visual loss. She was admitted a month prior due to severe anemia with hemoglobin of 1.6 grams per deciliter resulting from chronic menorrhagia. She had received multiple blood transfusions at that time.On presentation, her blood pressure was 130/62 […]
Abstract Number: 802
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension and colonic diverticulosis presented to emergency department with progressively worsening dyspnea for two months. This was associated with orthopnoea and wet cough. Before presentation, she completed a course of Levofloxacin and steroids in an outpatient clinic. On examination, she was hypoxic with basilar crackles […]