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Abstract Number: 278
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Vascular access devices (VADs) play an integral role in the treatment of patients, since they can be utilized for the administration of intravenous medications (including antibiotics and chemotherapy), and often on a long term basis. A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is a type of VAD, which is frequently utilized in different populations. Once […]
Abstract Number: 344
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 25 year old female with a recent history of a left upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) s/p thrombectomy presented to the emergency room with nausea and vomiting and was found to have acute kidney injury. Two weeks prior to presentation, the patient was admitted to another hospital with left upper extremity […]
Abstract Number: 429
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60 -year old Caucasian female presented to the emergency department with right-sided hemiparesis and dysarthria. The patient had been admitted to an outside facility one week prior to presentation for left foot osteomyelitis. That admission was complicated by right upper extremity DVT and she had been started on apixaban. When she presented […]
Abstract Number: 430
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old female with past medical history significant for sickle cell trait presented 2 weeks status post cesarean section with 3 days of progressive left leg pain and swelling in her left lower extremity. She is a mother of 4, a nonsmoker, and denies history of venous thromboembolism and family history of hypercoagulability. […]
Abstract Number: 489
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 68 year-old female with history of abdominal hysterectomy complicated by post-operative lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and prophylactic inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placed prior to past knee replacement surgery now presenting to the hospital with severe right lower extremity pain and swelling impairing her ability to ambulate. On physical exam, […]
Abstract Number: 509
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old female, nonsmoker, G1P0 at 25 weeks, presented to the ED with left leg swelling. Ultrasound confirmed a left femoral DVT. CBC and CMP were unremarkable. She started enoxaparin 80mg twice daily and followed with OB/GYN. Her hypercoagulable workup showed a prolonged aPTT and DRVVT, which corrected with mixing, indicating absence of […]
Abstract Number: 516
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 16 year old girl presenting with one week of swelling over left leg was found to have DVT involving proximal femoral and iliac systems. Despite treatment with warfarin over next 6 months, there was only partial improvement in symptoms and doppler assessed recanalization. Given the poor response to anticoagulation and young age, MTS […]
Abstract Number: 544
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man with a history of a chronic provoked bilateral pulmonary embolism with left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and hypercholesterolemia presented to the emergency department with acute, severe, constant left calf pain and swelling, exacerbated by standing. He stated that “I think I have another blood clot […]
Abstract Number: 612
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 17 year old female was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolus 3 months ago. A partially occlusive thrombus was also noted in her left common iliac vein. She was diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome (MTS), and treatment was started with therapeutic doses of Lovenox. She missed only five doses of Lovenox during the ensuing […]
Abstract Number: 687
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 56-year-old Caucasian male who presented from an outside hospital (OSH) for recurrent chylous ascites. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with unprovoked left subclavian and left internal jugular deep vein thromboses (DVTs) and had been placed on chronic warfarin therapy. At that time, he developed chylous ascites which resolved […]