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Search Results for DIFFUSE
Abstract Number: A39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an […]
Abstract Number: E41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 82 year old male with unknown PMH presented with worsening dry cough and dyspnea. 1 week course of antibiotics provided minimal relief. Patient was febrile/tachycardic on arrival with rhonchi appreciated on bilateral lower lung field auscultation. His oxygen saturation was found to be dipping below 90% on room air for which he […]
Abstract Number: F36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension managed chronically with hydralazine presented to the hospital complaining of acute onset of dyspnea, fever, and cough. He was treated for community acquired pneumonia with incomplete resolution of his symptoms. One month later he returned with fatigue and hemoptysis. Work up was significant for […]
Abstract Number: L48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Implanted central venous port catheters (ports) are widely used for chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition and blood monitoring. If placed in the subclavian vein, up to 15% of patients who receive implanted ports have immediate complications, including venous injury, pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. Long-term ports are associated with delayed complications, including thrombosis, occurring in 1.9-21.5% […]
Abstract Number: N38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 48 year-old male presented Landstuhl Regional Medical Center with epigastric pain and fevers that had progressed to pain in the right lower quadrant. He lived in Cameroon until 30 years old and had recently deployed to West Africa. Computed Tomography (CT) of his abdomen demonstrated thickening of his right colon with extra-luminal […]
Abstract Number: 1201
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 3-year-old female presented with 1-day of fatigue, pallor, dyspnea and dry cough. Vital signs showed HR 152, RR 28, temp 98.8 F, BP 101/67, and oxygen saturation of 75% on room air. On exam, she was well appearing, with clear lungs and no respiratory distress despite the desaturations. Initial testing showed a […]
Abstract Number: 1241
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse and Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with complaints of retrosternal chest pain and multiple bouts of coffee-ground emesis for three days. He reported a three-day binge of drinking vodka prior to the presentation. On examination, he was tachycardic, tachypneic, but normotensive. Hand and tongue tremors […]
Abstract Number: 1249
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male presented with one week history of worsening delusional behavior and encephalopathy. His medical history included hepatitis C (in remission), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polysubstance abuse (cocaine, alcohol). Initial CT head revealed a hypodensity involving right temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes suggestive of acute infarction. Subsequent MRI brain revealed T2 […]