Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Diagnosis
Abstract Number: 851
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: This is a 35-year old Indian female, living in the United States for the past several years, presented with chronic mid-epigastric and left upper quadrant pain radiating to the back, nausea, and bilious vomiting. She complained of oily loose stools for the past 2 months. Her medical history is notable for insulin-dependent diabetes […]
Abstract Number: 866
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man visited our hospital for lower extremity edema and involuntary weight loss. A routine check-up at his diabetes clinic five months earlier revealed anemia and an increased inflammatory response. His medical history included hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. Computed tomography (CT), blood cultures, gastrointestinal endoscopy, and colonoscopy findings were unremarkable; […]
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: A11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious diagnosis necessitating adult hospitalization in the United States (US). Timely diagnosis of CAP is important to improve patient outcomes. However, overdiagnosis of CAP, or treatment of CAP despite inadequate signs or symptoms of CAP, may also pose a significant threat to patient safety. Potential harm of […]
Abstract Number: C48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 78 year old female with history of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4, diet-controlled diabetes, and bilateral idiopathic ureteral obstruction s/p percutaneous nephrostomies presented with 5 days of changes in urine color. Initially, the patent reported a darker and thicker appearance to her urine that transitioned to a purple color. She denied […]
Abstract Number: F33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 71-year-old female with history of DM2, HTN, breast carcinoma in situ status post mastectomy, B-cell lymphoma (R-CHOP in 2016 & RT, currently in remission), autoimmune hepatitis related cirrhosis on Azathioprine presented to the hospital with a 4-day history of progressively worsening productive cough, mild hemoptysis, fever and shortness of breath. In the Emergency […]
Abstract Number: F43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and a renal transplant recipient for diabetic nephropathy was admitted with three days of chills, cough, dyspnea, and increased urinary frequency. Her urinalysis was positive for pyuria and hematuria, and she was diagnosed with cystitis. Chest radiograph on admission was read as clear by radiology. She was […]
Abstract Number: J11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic required physicians to care for a new disease with uncertain and evolving characteristics while also adhering to physical and social distancing practices, and under conditions of extreme duress – all factors likely to lead to missed or delayed diagnoses among patients admitted ‘under investigation’ for COVID-19. Methods: We carried out a […]
Abstract Number: J44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male presented with three-day history of fever with chills, headache, and emesis. His prior medical history was significant for splenomegaly with thrombocytopenia of unclear etiology for several years. He had recent travel throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. He also noted remote travel to East Africa, China and Chile […]
Abstract Number: M11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The diagnostic process is dynamic – as additional information becomes available and diagnostic uncertainty is addressed, diagnosis evolves. An accurate and updated problem list in the electronic health record (EHR) should reflect modifications and refinement of the working diagnosis (1). Anecdotally, this does not happen: many providers do not the update problem list or […]