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Search Results for Chemotherapy
Abstract Number: 48
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) comprises of approximately 15% of the total breast cancers. There is limited data on treatment outcome of these patients in elderly population. We report our experience with elderly patients with TNBC treated at our tertiary care center. Methods: With IRB approval, the Cleveland Clinic’s database was used to identify […]
Abstract Number: 316
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Despite advances in pharmacologic care for side effects of Hematopoietic stem cell transplant, patients often suffer from long hospitalizations, multiple side effects including fatigue, insomnia, nausea, anxiety, and poor sleep. Non-pharmacologic treatments for side effects of therapy are attractive adjuncts due to a low side effect profile. Purpose: To develop, implement and evaluate a […]
Abstract Number: 327
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Many cancer centers use the hospitalist model in the inpatient setting (1) since hospitalists provide high quality, cost efficient care (2). Our 678-bed quaternary hospital uses oncology hospitalist teams to care for all inpatients with solid tumor malignancies with medical oncology and palliative care consulting as needed. Internal medicine residents and advanced practice fellows […]
Abstract Number: 595
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old Caucasian male with a history of stage IV follicular lymphoma treated with rituximab and bendamustine presented with generalized malaise, weakness, and acute encephalopathy of two weeks.He was hypotensive and his exam showed dry mucous membranes and poor skin turgor. Laboratory examination was remarkable for: creatinine 7.6 mg/dL, AST and ALT 691 […]
Abstract Number: 609
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man with a history of non-seminomatous testicular cancer presents after four cycles of chemotherapy that included bleomycin with three weeks of dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain, worse for the previous week. He reports his chest pain began after his third cycle of chemotherapy. With each cycle of chemotherapy, he experiences several […]
Abstract Number: 619
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 60 year-old woman with a history of metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary who had undergone a total of 26 cycles of gemcitabine chemotherapy alone and in combination with oxaliplatin. She most recently received gemcitabine one month prior to presentation. Four weeks prior to presentation, the patient reported new-onset lower […]
Abstract Number: 633
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 63-year-old woman with 80-pack year smoking history presented with right flank pain for two days and weight loss of 35lbs in 6 months. Chest X-ray as a part of the workup was found to have a mass like opacity in left lung. Subsequent CT scan of chest and abdomen/pelvis showed a left upper […]
Abstract Number: 669
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Patient is a 48-year-old man who presented with dysphagia, weight loss and diffuse skin rash. He reported a large, non-tender lesion on his nose, and similar-appearing lesions on his thorax, extremities, face and mouth. The patient was diagnosed with HIV three years prior to presentation, but had never been treated with antiretroviral therapy […]
Abstract Number: 687
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a 69-year-old man with past medical history of well-controlled type 2 diabetes and multiple myeloma status-post chemotherapy (daratumumab, lenalidomide, bortezomib, melphalan) and subsequent bone marrow transplant (BMT) who presented with subacute progressive bilateral numbness and weakness in his upper and lower extremities and was found to have acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.His […]
Abstract Number: 792
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with known multiple myeloma is admitted to hospital for initiation of chemotherapy due to cancer progression. He was first diagnosed with smoldering myeloma in 2003. He was then diagnosed with multiple myeloma after a bone marrow biopsy in 2021 revealed 98% plasma cells. One year after diagnosis, he started noticing […]