Meeting
Abstract Number: 474
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man presented with two weeks of dyspnea on exertion and left lower extremity pain and swelling. He reported associated orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and weight gain. He had COPD and OSA. He was diagnosed eight weeks prior to presentation with suspected hypereosinophilic syndrome after an admission with left pleural effusion. Thoracentesis […]
Abstract Number: 687
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old African-American woman presented with nausea, flank pain, and hematuria recurring over several months. Review of symptoms and past medical history were negative. She was a current smoker. Family history was noncontributory. Physical exam was significant for bilateral flank pain. Laboratory testing, serology, and kidney biopsy led to the diagnosis of rapidly […]
Abstract Number: 763
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male with no PMH or FH of autoimmune diseases and no substance use history presented with several days of worsening dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, cough and hemoptysis. On evaluation, his vital signs were T 98.3oF, BP 103/64 mmHg, HR 86/min, RR 21/min, SpO2 93%. Physical exam was notable for auscultation of […]
Abstract Number: B38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with a past medical history of left frontal Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with recent resection, radiation therapy, and temozolomide presented to the emergency department with chest pain. CT chest revealed bilateral subsegmental pulmonary embolisms for which a heparin drip was initiated. Duplex also shows a right lower extremity DVT. Given recent […]