Meeting
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25 year-old woman with severe persistent asthma, chronic self-resolving episodes of hemoptysis, history of miscarriage, and iron deficiency anemia secondary to heavy menses presented with sub-acute worsening shortness of breath and hemoptysis despite adherence to home inhalers. Patient had multiple prior hospitalizations requiring intubation for asthma exacerbations, complicated by hemoptysis. Upon presentation, [...]
Abstract Number: 907
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with a history of recurrent sinusitis, asthma, chronic nephrolithiasis, and open angle glaucoma from steroid use presented to the emergency department with new onset pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Over the last 10 years, he had experienced chronic sinusitis that was significantly decreasing his quality of life. The patient previously [...]