Meeting
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 21 year old Caucasian female with an unremarkable medical history presented with sudden onset of throat, lip and tongue angioedema. Due to concern for complications, she was given intravenous (IV) diphenhydramine, solumedrol and epinephrine (0.3mg of 1:1000 concentration). Patient developed acute hypoxic respiratory failure and hypotension. She required mechanically assisted ventilation and […]
Abstract Number: 765
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: We present a 20 year old gentleman in acute hypoxic and hypercapnic respiratory failure and cariogenic shock secondary to hemodynamically unstable hemoptysis requiring mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support with norepinephrine and vasopressin. He had history of pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum at birth post right ventricular outflow repair and 1.5 ventricular repair […]
Abstract Number: C36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: AB is a 48-year-old patient with a medical history significant for undifferentiated inflammatory polyarthritis and anaphylaxis to numerous food and medications. Ten minutes after sampling a new cracker flavor, AB noted dysphonia, dysphagia, and difficulty handling her secretions. She self-administered epinephrine 0.3mg intramuscularly (IM). Fifteen minutes later, her symptoms continued to progress, so […]