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Abstract Number: 760
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 12 years prior presented to the ED after labs showed a new pancytopenia from eight months prior. He reported fatigue but denied fevers, weight loss, dyspnea, bleeding, or recent infections. Medical history was notable for myocarditis 20 years ago and cholecystectomy 1 […]
Abstract Number: 765
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with a past medical history significant for hypertension well controlled on carvedilol and left elbow fracture status post fixation 2.5 weeks prior presented to the hospital secondary to lightheadedness. Patient had been experiencing waxing and waning lightheadedness for 3 days, worse when standing from the seated position and walking. She […]
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: 773
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old male with past medical history of chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, cured hepatitis C, iron deficiency anemia and gastric arterio-venous malformations (AVM) status post cauterization presented for screening colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). EGD showed several nonbleeding gastric AVM status post Argon Plasma Coagulation. The colonoscopy was unremarkable without any reported difficulty […]
Abstract Number: 784
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old Japanese man presented to his primary care physician with a 3-month history of epigastric pain, fever, and unintentional weight loss. Upper endoscopy showed only a gastric polyp. Abdominal computed tomography showed small intestinal dilatation accompanied by adhesion to the sigmoid colon, and perianal abscess. Crohn’s disease was suspected and he was […]
Abstract Number: 785
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 91-year-old male with history of coronary artery disease & heart failure with reduced ejection fraction presented with unresponsiveness. The patient collapsed onto the floor when he came into the kitchen for dinner. His wife could not feel a pulse, so she called emergency medical services (EMS) and started CPR. When EMS arrived, […]
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old African woman presented to the emergency department with three days of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She had recently returned from a ten-month trip through rural Ethiopia where she consumed unpasteurized milk and well water with exposure to goats, cats, and livestock. Her medical history was otherwise unremarkable. On exam, she […]
Abstract Number: 795
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old previously healthy man presented to the ED with two weeks of cough productive of “grey-green” mucus and slowly worsening dyspnea on exertion. His symptoms were accompanied by low-grade fevers, fatigue, poor appetite, and lightheadedness upon standing. His spouse was recently ill with symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. Review of […]
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A-28-year-old male with history of asthma and bipolar disorder presented to our hospital with a 10-day old, painful rash on bilateral lower extremities. History was significant for flea bites that occurred a day before the rash started. The rash started off as 3/10 petichae on both legs, but over 2 days it rapidly […]
Abstract Number: 827
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old Hispanic man with a past medical history of essential hypertension and nephrolithiasis, presents to the emergency room with a witnessed syncopal event lasting less than a minute. He also refers a two day history of subjective fever and dysuria associated with nausea and anorexia. Further review of systems was unremarkable. He […]