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Search Results for Diarrhea
Abstract Number: 637
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old male patient with a history significant for metastatic melanoma to the right axillary lymph node and recurrent diarrhea secondary to ipilimumab-induced colitis is admitted for uncontrolled diarrhea with rectal bleeding. He has had several prior admissions for diarrhea, which have been successfully treated with IV steroids, but has recurrent diarrhea when […]
Abstract Number: 658
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female with a history of hypothyroidism, type II diabetes and hypertension presented with acute on chronic diarrhea. She reported a 9-month history of profuse watery stools, up to 15 times per day. Outpatient workup including infectious stool studies, celiac panel, and allergy testing, had been unrevealing. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy with biopsies […]
Abstract Number: 735
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 42-year-old male with HIV on ART presented in May with six days of fevers, non-bloody diarrhea, headache, and neck pain. He reported dyspnea and dry cough with potential exposure to COVID-19 as he had recently attended local protests. He reported new sexual partners and recently found ticks on himself.He was febrile and tachycardic. […]
Abstract Number: 740
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 30 year old M truck driver with a history of herniated disc was referred to the emergency room (ER) by an infectious disease specialist for elevated eosinophils (12.96 K/uL), chest pain (CP) and tachycardia. The patient complained of pleuritic left sided CP without shortness of breath or hemoptysis. Six weeks prior to […]
Abstract Number: 818
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with a history of adenoid cystic carcinoma initially presented with a 1-2 week history of olfactory and auditory hallucinations in the setting of intermittent fever. He reported that in addition to those symptoms he had diarrhea, which he attributed to having eaten undercooked meat. His auditory hallucinations involved hearing African […]
Abstract Number: 831
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old woman presented to our hospital with 5 days of fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain & debilitating leg pain. Her only known medical problem was hyperlipidemia, for which she had recently increased her statin dose. 6 weeks prior to admission, she visited her hometown in Jiangxi, China. There, she drank tap […]
Abstract Number: 903
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: SH is a 61-year-old male with history of recurrent giardia who presented to the Emergency Department for evaluation of generalized weakness and weight loss in the setting of chronic. Over the past 4 years, he has had recurrent giardia infection despite multiple antiprotozoal agents. Upon presentation, he reported 7 watery, foul-smelling, copious episodes […]
Abstract Number: E36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 88-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and HFpEF presented with a right femur fracture following a mechanical fall. Physical exam revealed a right femur fracture and small ascites. The patient underwent a right hemiarthroplasty on hospital day (HD) 4 and received cefazolin perioperatively.On HD 9, the patient developed abdominal […]
Abstract Number: J34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man presented with one week of diarrhea. He reported ten voluminous watery bowel movements each day, nausea, and frequent non-bloody, non-bilious emesis. Additional symptoms included increasing right-sided abdominal pain, generalized pruritus, and diffuse weakness. Eating meat exacerbated both his abdominal discomfort and pruritus. His history included Ulcerative Colitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, […]
Abstract Number: M24
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 13-year-old female with Aicardi syndrome and treatment-resistant epilepsy presented to the emergency department with several weeks of diarrhea and vomiting. Her review of symptoms was negative for recent fevers, chills, shortness of breath, cough, sick contacts, or respiratory distress. Physical exam was notable for intermittent discomfort with palpation in the right upper […]