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Abstract Number: 655
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented with gait instability, progressive over one month, as well as positional hand tremors and nausea. On initial evaluation, he was afebrile with blood pressure of 169/98. Abnormalities on neurological examination included ocular flutter, left upper extremity dysmetria and wide-based cautious gait with bilateral leg […]
Abstract Number: 660
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 58 year old female with complaints of abdominal pain. The patient had six months of alternating fevers, chills and fatigue. She was placed on antibiotics but her fevers returned upon completion. Three months thereafter, the patient developed left lower quadrant abdominal pain that was sharp in nature […]
Abstract Number: 766
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The patient is an 83 year-old Caucasian man with a history of hypertension, tobacco use, and COPD who presented to the emergency department with a four day history of chest pain, shortness of breath, and mild non-productive cough. His chest pain was constant and had no exacerbating or alleviating factors. He denied any […]
Abstract Number: 813
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 48-year-old-female with the history of Diabetes Mellitus presented with the complain of feeling sick for four-day-duration, chronic diarrhea, and unintentional weight loss of 20 lbs. over a period of two weeks. She was hypotensive with blood pressure 83/42 mmHg, hypothermic with temperature 35 C, tachycardic with the heart rate of 132 and tachypneic […]
Abstract Number: 823
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and macular edema was referred to the Cardiology office by his primary care provider for uncontrolled hypertension and bilateral lower extremity edema. An echocardiogram was obtained to rule out structural heart disease which revealed a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 35-40% and […]
Abstract Number: 825
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This is a 72-year-old female patient who presents to the ED for the evaluation of loss of consciousness. The patient’s family also endorsed dark stools for the past few days. She has a medical history significant for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, and papillary thyroid cancer. On arrival, the Patient’s BP was 126/55, Heart […]
Abstract Number: 874
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with a history of trauma, depression, anxiety, foster system placement, and poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) (A1C>14) with frequent admissions for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) presented with presyncope and 2 weeks of severe epigastric and RUQ abdominal pain. He endorsed inconsistent insulin use and frequent dietary indiscretion in part […]
Abstract Number: 1061
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old woman with no pertinent past medical history presented to the hospital with two months of progressive numbness that began with her left foot and hands and eventually extended to her forearms. She developed clumsiness in her hands, gait unsteadiness, and had a 20-pound weight loss. A CT scan of the chest […]