Meeting
Abstract Number: 430
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An ADL-independent 75-year-old woman with a history of diabetes who was receiving insulin therapy visited our emergency department owing to fever and chills, which had started 3 days before the visit. At that time, her consciousness level was GCS E4V4M6, temperature was 36.8°C, pulse rate was 83 beats/minute, blood pressure was 82/46 mmHg, […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old Japanese man with chronic heart failure and type 2 diabetes presented with a 2-day history of recurrent fever six days after the termination of a 12-day antimicrobial treatment for pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli. The physical examination revealed a body temperature of 38.9 °C, respiratory rate of 24 breaths per minute, […]
Abstract Number: K35
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: The patient is a 74 year-old male. He has chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, renal cell carcinoma treated with partial left nephrectomy a year ago, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (on prednisone 15 mg daily), benign prostate hyperplasia, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and gout.He presented with shaking chills and fever for 1 day duration. The symptoms […]