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Search Results for Endocarditis
Abstract Number: 553
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 62-year-old Eastern European female with no significant past medical history who was brought to the emergency department after a sustaining a syncopal episode. At the time of exam, she was largely asymptomatic, and her review of systems was positive for a brief isolated episode of mild chest pain that […]
Abstract Number: 568
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old man with 2 prior mechanical valve replacement for congenital aortic valve stenosis presents to the hospital with 2-week history of fever, chills, fatigue, generalized weakness and malaise. He had his first aortic valve replacement at the age of 17 and redo for valve for restenosis of the aortic valve with severe […]
Abstract Number: 570
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man presented to outside hospital post-fall with weakness, back pain and fever. He had sinus tachycardia, leukocytosis, and a meth-positive urine drug screen (UDS). Chest x-ray and CT abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. Blood and urine cultures grew MRSA. Empiric antibiotics and infectious disease (ID) consult ordered. Transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TEE) echocardiogram […]
Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 52 year-old man was hospitalized for hypoxia one month after surgery for ruptured appendicitis. He also reported abdominal pain and steatorrhea along with a 50 pound weight loss in five months. On exam he was anicteric but cachectic. CT pulmonary angiogram on admission revealed peripheral-based pulmonary lesions concerning for septic emboli and […]
Abstract Number: 599
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old man with a history of hypertension and known aortic insufficiency presented with bilateral lower extremity rash, ankle edema, and bradycardia. The ankle edema began two weeks prior to presentation followed by an erythematous, pruritic rash on his anterior shins. He initially presented to urgent care and was found to have a […]
Abstract Number: 607
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54 year old male with a history of intravenous drug use presented for three days of altered mental status, dyspnea, and low urine output. He was previously admitted a month ago for septic shock secondary to aortic valve endocarditis and underwent aortic valve repair, but left against medical advice before completing his […]
Abstract Number: 612
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30 year old man with a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus and bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) for endocarditis presented with 2 days of left eye pain and vision loss associated with fevers, headache, and nausea. He reported intravenous drug use (IVDU) 4 days prior to admission after 14 months of […]
Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 93-year-old African-American male with history of CVA, HTN, and dementia presented with a right femoral neck fracture after a same level fall. Vital signs on admission were unremarkable. Physical examination revealed a cachectic male at his baseline mental status. He was admitted and underwent uncomplicated right hemiarthroplasty. On post-operative days 3-5, patient […]
Abstract Number: 624
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80 year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease with previous coronary artery bypass graft 4 years prior, and chronic diastolic heart failure presented with three days of acute onset weakness, abdominal pain, and subjective fevers. Patient had a fall one month prior to presentation and had […]
Abstract Number: 627
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with medical history of type 1 diabetes mellites complicated by chronic nonhealing diabetic foot wound presented with one week history of shortness of breath and malaise. On physical exam he was hemodynamically stable and had a new grade II/VI holosystolic murmur at lower sternal border. Initial laboratory workup revealed elevated […]