Meeting
Abstract Number: 389
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old woman with a medical history significant for seizure disorder presented with a right tibia fracture following a mechanical fall. She underwent open reduction and internal fixation of the right tibia and was extubated without difficulty following surgery. The following day, she became febrile and hypoxemic, requiring an escalating amount of oxygen [...]
Abstract Number: 760
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old woman with sickle cell HbSS disease presented due to acute encephalopathy in the setting of recent admission for diffuse urticarial rash treated with steroids and diphenhydramine. She was found to be hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic with development of fever soon after presentation. Chest x-ray showed left basilar opacities. She was intubated [...]