Meeting
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 91 year-old woman with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic kidney disease, and morbid obesity was admitted with subacute shortness of breath. The patient’s CHF history was significant for no prior emergency department visits or hospitalizations attributed to CHF exacerbation. A recent transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with a normal […]
Abstract Number: 787
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Our patient was a 46-year-old man who presented with two days of malaise, headache, fever and productive cough. He denied chest pain, shortness of breath, exposure to sick contacts or recent travel. He has a past medical history of Celiac disease with associated dermatitis herpetiformis treated with dapsone and betamethasone cream for several […]
Abstract Number: 983
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with a history of chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis and schizophrenia with paranoid delusions was admitted with severe progressive bilateral burning foot pain. She had a history of intermittent alcohol use and recent homelessness. She lacked a primary care doctor and sought care for her bilateral lower extremity pain […]
Abstract Number: D43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 68 year-old Spanish-speaking female with PMH of type 2 diabetes mellitus, GERD, and tobacco use presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with one day of acute-onset substernal chest pain associated with nausea/vomiting and bilateral arm numbness L>R. Initial workup revealed CXR with mass-like opacity in the right upper lobe, high sensitivity troponin […]