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Search Results for Empyema
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 52 year old female with history of stage IV invasive colorectal adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon with multifocal bilobar liver metastasis s/p sigmoid colon resection, diverting loop ileostomy and partial hepatectomy (two stage surgery 6 weeks apart) admitted for one day of dyspnea improved by laying down and worsened by exertion/sitting up. Initially patient […]
Abstract Number: 836
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 84 year old female with a past medical history of stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, cataracts, glaucoma and recent diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis presented with shortness of breath and abdominal pain. Three months prior to admission, the patient had been admitted and found to have acute liver failure secondary to autoimmune hepatitis and […]
Abstract Number: 853
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 18-year-old male presented with a loculated pleural effusion. 10 days prior, the patient had sudden, acute, left sided anterior wall chest pain and shortness of breath. He reported night sweats, but no other symptoms. He was initially treated with doxycycline in the outpatient setting. Despite antibiotics, the symptoms worsened, and […]
Abstract Number: 865
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old female with diabetes mellitus, history of IV drug use on methadone, and untreated HCV infection presented with shortness of breath for one week. She developed a cough productive of green sputum with associated shortness of breath, subjective fevers, chills, pleuritic chest pain, nausea, and vomiting. One day prior to symptoms starting, […]
Abstract Number: C45
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old woman with cryptogenic cirrhosis complicated by a previous episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, recurrent bilateral hepatic hydrothorax, hepatic encephalopathy, and esophageal variceal bleeding presented with a three-day history of dyspnea. Her oxygen saturation was 90% on room air, but the remainder of her vital signs were within normal limits. A chest […]
Abstract Number: 1237
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 35-year-old female with past medical history of mitochondrial disease, asthma, Fanconi syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and GERD presented to the hospital with a four-day history of dyspnea due to Rhinovirus seen on respiratory panel. The patient was managed in the intensive care unit for non-invasive ventilation support, and received solumedrol, albuterol, ipratropium, and azithromycin. […]