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Abstract Number: 931
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78 year old woman with a PMH of asthma, sinusitis, CAD with stents and recent influenza presents with chest pain. Her EKG was without ST changes and troponin was 0.08 ng/mL. Other labs were significant for WBC of 10,900 cells/uL, and absolute eosinophil count 2800 cells/uL. She was diagnosed with NSTEMI and […]
Abstract Number: 944
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old woman presented to Emergency Department (ED) with a 1-weeks history of a sore throat, sinus congestion and dry cough. She was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection and treated with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. After 3 doses, she developed a high-grade fever and pink confluent pruritic maculopapular rash on arms and legs […]
Abstract Number: E37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male was admitted to an outside hospital with several weeks of progressive dyspnea and wheezing. His past medical history was significant for ischemic cardiomyopathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. His social history was significant for having lived in Somalia, Yemen, and Indonesia prior to immigrating to the United […]
Abstract Number: J34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man presented with one week of diarrhea. He reported ten voluminous watery bowel movements each day, nausea, and frequent non-bloody, non-bilious emesis. Additional symptoms included increasing right-sided abdominal pain, generalized pruritus, and diffuse weakness. Eating meat exacerbated both his abdominal discomfort and pruritus. His history included Ulcerative Colitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, […]
Abstract Number: N25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man presented with bilateral upper back pain with radiation to the upper chest for the past 1 month. On examination, he had left upper back tenderness. A CT of the chest revealed septic pulmonary emboli. Blood cultures drawn on admission speciated to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Urine cultures speciated to MRSA […]
Abstract Number: P32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present a case of rapidly progressive Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES), a possible late complication of Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19). A previously healthy 48-yr old male recovered from COVID-19 approximately 30 days before symptom onset. He had fevers, chills, diffuse abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea with diffuse erythematous pruritic rash and Raynaud’s phenomenon (Image […]
Abstract Number: 1025
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is the case of a 55-year-old female with history of asthma who presented with chief complaint of abdominal pain. The patient endorsed an 8-month history of intermittent stomach discomfort that acutely worsened to severe RUQ pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Social history was notable for recent travel to China and herbal supplement use. Patient’s outpatient […]
Abstract Number: 1086
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of spinal epidural abscess being treated with IV daptomycin, presented to the emergency department with a fever of 104° F. The patient had a history of recurrent epidural abscesses, requiring multiple surgical washouts, following past lumbar diskectomy subsequent to lumbar radiculopathy. Previous cultures were positive for two strains […]
Abstract Number: 1154
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis, and fifty-pound weight loss in the past seven months, was admitted to the hospital for left parietal and right occipital stroke. Asthma was diagnosed in childhood and was well-controlled without recent exacerbation. Patient had focal right hand weakness of 4/5 strength, petechiae on the left lateral […]
Abstract Number: 1184
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 15 yo boy with PANDAS, epilepsy, ADHD, and developmental delay presented with 9 days of decreased ambulation, abdominal pain, headache, and fatigue. Initially, his symptoms were attributed to recent fall and recent IVIG infusion. However, the patient then developed anorexia, weight loss, and aggressive behavior prompting admission. On exam, he […]