Meeting
Abstract Number: 779
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 52 y.o with a past medical history of uncontrolled, untreated hypertension presented to our hospital with a 3 week history of progressively worsening lower extremity edema and shortness of breath. Review of systems was positive for hoarse voice x6 months, unintentional weight gain, cold intolerance, abdominal fullness, and cough productive of white […]
Abstract Number: K36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old Hispanic male with a past medical history of well-controlled hypertension, Pre-diabetes, class 3 obesity, unprovoked Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) progressing to pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosed 6 months ago, treated with apixaban, presented to the ED with 2 weeks history of progressively worsening dyspnea, dry cough and orthopnea. Denies any chest pain, […]
Abstract Number: 1123
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Our patient is 56-year-old gentlemen with a history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy related to prior alcohol use, hypertension and atrial fibrillation who presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain and subjective feeling of fever and chills of 3 days’ duration. He was found to be hypotensive (86/60 mmHg) […]