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Search Results for Complication
Abstract Number: 551
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male with a medical history significant for unmanaged type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with generalized body weakness associated with 5 days of melena and coffee ground emesis in the setting of heavy use of naproxen for chronic severe lower back pain. He reported recent visits to a […]
Abstract Number: 557
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32 year-old female without significant medical history presented with nausea and vomiting, 1 week after being a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. The original accident caused loss of consciousness, and post-concussive syndrome headaches, but no significant injuries, fractures or internal bleeding. Upon re-admission, she was orthostatic positive. She was lethargic, with a […]
Abstract Number: 575
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with PMH of sleep apnea was re-admitted to the hospital 3 weeks after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy secondary to gallstones and 1 week after an episode of acute pancreatitis with necrotizing pancreatitis and a large walled off necrotic peripancreatic collection. He underwent EUS guided cystgastrostomy with gastric and duodenal stenting and […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old female with unremarkable past medical history presented with a 3-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Vital signs were significant for temperature of 38.3 C and heart rate of 180 BPM. Physical exam revealed left-sided costovertebral angle tenderness. Laboratory studies were notable for total bilirubin 2.7 mg/dL, direct […]
Abstract Number: 604
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old female with a complex medical history including Barrett’s esophagus, Class 3 obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, atrial fibrillation, and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in remission, presented with three days of intractable nausea, vomiting, and epigastric abdominal pain. She categorized the pain as sharp and radiating to the right and left upper […]
Abstract Number: 629
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We report here a case of high output heart failure (HOHF), a rare but potential complication of Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a post-renal transplant patient.A 60-year-old male with end-stage renal disease and subsequent renal transplant 3 months ago presented with exertional dyspnea, worsening anasarca, and weight gain of 20 pounds. The patient also […]
Abstract Number: 642
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 75yo male presented with a few altered mental status. He had been in a rehabilitation facility working on physical therapy with family when he suddenly closed his eyes and became non-responsive. One month ago, the patient had had a fall from a ladder causing a subdural hemorrhage and uncal herniation that required […]
Abstract Number: 644
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American male with a history of alcohol use disorder and chronic pancreatitis presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and severe chest pain that worsened with inspiration. Two months prior to admission he was found to have a 17x12x12 cm pancreatic pseudocyst and subsequently underwent cystogastrostomy with stent placement […]
Abstract Number: 648
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female presented with a 1-day history of exertional, non-positional, mid-sternal, severe chest pain associated with nausea, palpitations and dyspnea. She denied orthopnea, ankle swelling, cough, wheeze, coryza, fever, chills, or recent ill contacts. Past medical history: asthma, vertebral artery dissection, hypothyroidism, migraines, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) infection […]
Abstract Number: 658
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 59 year old man with a history of HTN, T2DM (a1c 8.3%) and splenectomy in 1981 who presented with two weeks of progressive constipation, episodic flushing, sweating, palpitations and severe lightheadedness, no longer able to stand.On admission he was tachycardic to 140 and hypertensive to 200/120. CT […]