Meeting
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old Moroccan male with a history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with resection and chemotherapy was admitted for dyspnea on exertion and non-productive cough for two weeks. He complained of subjective fevers and weight loss of 47 pounds in 6 months but denied hemoptysis. Lab studies were significant for leukocytosis at […]
Abstract Number: 791
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32 year old male with past medical history of tobacco and alcohol abuse presented with fever, dyspnea, night sweats, cough with green sputum, occasional hemoptysis and left sided chest pain for eight days. He also endorsed a ten pound weight loss during this time. Of note patient also had a history of […]
Abstract Number: 818
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old man presented to the emergency room for exertional dyspnea, productive cough, and generalized weakness progressive over the past month. Four weeks prior he was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and received a 10-day course of a third-generation cephalosporin with minimal improvement. He continued to have a productive cough and exertional shortness of […]