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Abstract Number: 829
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A healthy 43-year-old Caucasian male who recently traveled to East Africa was presented to the emergency department with a high-grade fever (105.3F), and myalgia. He denied taking malaria chemoprophylaxis. On presentation, he was febrile, hypotensive, and tachycardic. He appeared to be ill, and toxic with no palpable organomegaly. His initial blood tests revealed […]
Abstract Number: 884
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes, presented to the ER with sudden syncope. She reported severe retrosternal chest pain, associated with nausea and vomiting. She stated she has been under extreme emotional stress due to sudden death of a family member. Examination was remarkable for hypotension (70/40 mmhg), cold […]
Abstract Number: 999
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 81 year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on Warfarin and bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valves presented with dark urine and shortness of breath. He described progressive shortness of breath and reduced exercise tolerance, unable to walk upstairs to his apartment. His urine had become “the color of eggplant”. On exam, he […]
Abstract Number: B25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 68-year-old female with a history of a recent cryptogenic stroke and atrial fibrillation who presented for an elective TEE for patent foramen ovale (PFO) evaluation and possible closure. TEE revealed a PFO with evidence of a right-to-left shunt. After completion, the patient reported exquisite neck tenderness, severe […]
Abstract Number: D31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present an 80-year-old female with a medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. She underwent pulmonary vein isolation in 2017 and had reportedly been on flecainide 150 mg twice daily and atenolol 100 milligram twice daily since then. She presented to the emergency department with dyspnea […]
Abstract Number: L25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 81-year-old man with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and angiosarcoma on immunotherapy presented with acute onset of shortness of breath, chest pressure and lower extremity edema. He had been started on ipilimumab and nivolumab 1 year prior to presentation and had developed immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) thyroiditis, hepatitis, and pneumonitis while […]
Abstract Number: 1174
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old boy presents with 8 days of chest pain. He describes the pain as sudden onset, stabbing, located over his left chest with radiation to his right chest and left flank. The pain initially lasts between 5 to 10 minutes, but has been increasing in duration to span the entire day. The […]
Abstract Number: 1183
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 1 year old otherwise healthy twins present to the ED after Twin A became acutely unresponsive. The twins had been ill with a GI virus with fever, vomiting, and decreased activity for a week. The night of presentation, Twin A started vomiting, developed perioral cyanosis, and became unresponsive. On arrival to the ED, […]