Meeting
Abstract Number: 498
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with severe COPD (on 3L NC at baseline), coronary artery disease, obesity, and history of tobacco abuse initially presented to the emergency room with chest pain after a fall. A chest x-ray revealed multiple rib fractures. He had worsening hypoxia over the next few days, and a CT chest revealed […]
Abstract Number: 790
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Dissseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) can present as excessive bleeding or involving thromboembolic event. Here in we report a case of 68 year old woman with leukemia presenting in both spectrum of disease. A 68 year-old woman presented with weight loss, fever, and rash. Laboratory studies revealed white count 84 k/µL cells, hemoglobin 8.9 […]