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Abstract Number: 870
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 42-year-old male with a past medical history of atrial fibrilation (AF) on anti-coagulation (AC) who underwent left atrial radio-frequency ablation (RFA) and pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and presented with confusion and bilateral upper and lower extremity weakness.The patient tolerated the procedure but complained of difficulty swallowing afterwards. […]
Abstract Number: D30
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with a history of exercise-induced asthma presented with left-sided chest pain and exertional dyspnea. Two weeks ago, he started experiencing chest pain when playing basketball. The pain was relieved with rest. Prior to current admission, he was treated for asthma exacerbation for similar symptoms at a community hospital. He continued […]
Abstract Number: F31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female awoke one morning to thirty minutes of right sided weakness and slurred speech prompting hospital admission for stroke. Treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for colitis diagnosed two days ago was continued in hospital. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain MRI revealed infarctions in multiple vascular territories involving bilateral cerebral […]
Abstract Number: M44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with a history of homelessness, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes treated with insulin and complicated by recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), peripheral vascular disease and neuropathy with foot ulcers, severe autonomic neuropathy with postural hypotension and recurrent syncope treated chronically with midodrine and fludrocortisone, and chronic heart failure with mid-range ejection […]
Abstract Number: N37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes with non-adherence to insulin, GERD, and daily alcohol use presented to the emergency department for three days of epigastric abdominal pain and vomiting. He had previously experienced two months of worsening nausea and epigastric fullness with eating accompanied by a 30-pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: 1209
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is an idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia. The exact incidence, prevalence and pathogenesis are unknown. This retrospective study aims to reveal the prevalence of COP in hospitalized population and to investigate the odds ratio (OR) of COP in connective tissue disease (CTD) of interest including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus […]
Abstract Number: 1246
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 39-year-old male with history of previously treated TB meningitis 15 years ago, chronic hydrocephalus who received endoscopic third ventriculostomy few months ago, presented again with headaches and was found to have hydrocephalus. Patient received Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement and CSF was obtained after the procedure. CSF studies showed (216-WBCs lymphocytic predominant fluid 81 %), […]