Meeting
Abstract Number: 506
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old female with past medical history of seizures, breast cancer s/p bilateral mastectomy, hypothyroidism, anxiety and agoraphobia on Xanax, tobacco abuse presents to ED after husband found her unresponsive, with agonal breathing, slurred speech, and oral secretions. Last admission in 2019 was significant for Xanax and Benadryl overdose. On admission, vitals were [...]
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: 0565
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old male with a history of bladder cancer who had not seen a primary care physician in 11 years presented to the emergency department (ED) for progressive decline in his mental status over 4-6 weeks, with significant worsening starting one week before his ED assessment. Associated symptoms included fatigue, constipation, and decreased [...]