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Abstract Number: 589
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 y/o Hispanic man presented with 1 week of fever, headache, photophobia, and mild confusion. His complaints and physical examination were consistent with possible meningitis, so empiric treatment with vancomycin, ceftriaxone and acyclovir was initiated following blood cultures. Laboratory data was significant for mild hyponatremia, transaminases 3-4X normal, monocytosis, and surprisingly normal […]
Abstract Number: 596
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old woman with a history of SLE underwent a renal biopsy for proteinuria without immediate complications. Four days post-procedure, she reported fever and myalgia. She was also found to have a drop in hemoglobin from 11.1 to 9.8 g/dL. A CT abdomen showed a left renal subscapular and retroperitoneal hematoma without active […]
Abstract Number: 600
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old man with history of diffuse B cell lymphoma presented with 2 day history of fever, urinary frequency and dysuria, associated with poor oral intake, weakness and lightheadedness. He had completed the 6th and final cycle of chemotherapy with Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine and Prednisone, about 8 days prior to presentation. Vital […]
Abstract Number: 613
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 56-year-old female with mitral valve prolapse presented to a Georgia hospital with several days of headache and chest pain. Six weeks prior to admission (PTA), she visited her family ranch in west Texas for three weeks. One week PTA, she developed fever, myalgias, fatigue, and pleuritic chest pain. Her chest […]
Abstract Number: 613
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 52-year-old Caucasian male with no past medical history significant for history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented to the hospital secondary to fever of 103 degrees and chills for 3 days. Patient reports that fever was sudden in onset and has been intermittent which breaks with sweating. His review of systems were positive […]
Abstract Number: 620
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 53 year old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the ED with hyponatremia and elevated LFTs after a week of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient had a previous drinking history of a 12-pack of beer per day, denied IV drug use and any recent travel outside of Texas. Determined […]
Abstract Number: 623
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with history of EBV encephalitis four years prior presented for altered mental status and emesis in September. Previously, the patient was able to perform all activities of daily living. A week prior to presentation, patient developed a cough and was noted to have slow mentation. Exam was notable for fever […]
Abstract Number: 643
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 19-year old Caucasian female with a history of atopic dermatitis and mild asthma developed an erythematous maculopapular rash on her bilateral palms and wrists, right-sided tender cervical lymphadenopathy, and nightly fevers and headaches five days after returning from a one-month trip to Cambodia. She presented two weeks after returning from her trip […]
Abstract Number: 644
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 57 years old man with a history of prediabetes and Lyme disease diagnosed two months prior to admission and treated with doxycycline for three weeks, was transferred from another hospital to our institution for recurrent high grade fevers and shaking chills for two months. Originally from Guatemala, he had lived in America […]
Abstract Number: 645
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 20-year-old presented with 5 days of fevers and diffuse abdominal pain. Her exam was notable for tachycardia to 118/min, fever of 103F with marked abdominal tenderness. Her laboratory results were significant for leukopenia (3.7 K/uL), anemia (9.2 g/dL), elevated D-dimer to 2.98 ug/ml, CRP of 56.33 mg/L, and troponin of […]