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Abstract Number: 760
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 12 years prior presented to the ED after labs showed a new pancytopenia from eight months prior. He reported fatigue but denied fevers, weight loss, dyspnea, bleeding, or recent infections. Medical history was notable for myocarditis 20 years ago and cholecystectomy 1 […]
Abstract Number: 770
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 10-year-old female presented with her third episode of painless hematochezia. Episodes were separated by months, each lasting 3 to 5 days with passage of multiple “fist-sized” bright red clots. There were no other associated symptoms and resolution of bleeding was spontaneous. Extensive prior workup included coagulation studies, upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) […]
Abstract Number: 833
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 79 yo. female with PMH of A. Fib on Warfarin, HFpEF, Hypertension,PVD, CKD-III who presented to the hospital with generalized weakness and recent falls. Reported gradual decline over about 1 month before admission. She reported that symptoms started with “stomach flu” about 4 days prior with chills, nausea, and abdominal pain. She complained […]
Abstract Number: 847
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 48 year old female with no significant past medical history presented with acute onset of dysphagia, early satiety, nausea /vomiting and epigastric pain. Epigastric pain and non-bloody non-bilious emesis occurred after each meal. Lab work significant for eosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count 2,084/microL, reference < 500/microL ). CT abdomen and pelvis significant for […]
Abstract Number: 869
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 11-year-old female with history of T4 paraplegia after an MVC requiring extensive intrabdominal surgical intervention, neurogenic bowel and bladder and malnutrition presented to the ED with intractable vomiting and left shoulder pain. Acute vomiting started earlier in the day while she was being straight catheterized as per routine and continued throughout the […]
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Thiamine deficiency is a known complication of bariatric surgery presenting commonly as Wernicke encephalopathy or dry beriberi. Pure sensory ascending neuropathy as a presenting complaint, however, is rare, which we describe here in the acute setting after intragastric balloon (IGB) placement. A 48 year old obese but otherwise healthy female underwent an uncomplicated […]
Abstract Number: 911
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 39 year old female presented on day 10, status post (s/p) laparoscopic gastric sleeve, with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and loose mucoid stools intermittently since surgery. She had history of rheumatoid arthritis, morbid obesity, with provoked lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) who had previous IVC filter and […]
Abstract Number: 927
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 16-month-old boy with developmental delay, anal atresia, lipomyelomeningocele, and tethered cord syndrome transferred to a tertiary care center for recurrent postprandial blood-streaked emesis and failure to thrive. His past surgical history was remarkable for anorectoplasty. On admission to the outside hospital, his laboratory values were consistent with dehydration, hemoconcentration & hypokalemia. Stool occult […]
Abstract Number: A41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Vietnamese female with history of H. pylori who presented with worsening nausea, vomiting, epigastric abdominal pain and early satiety. Patient reported her epigastric pain had been intermittent for the past six months but had acutely worsen in the last two weeks. There were no initial inciting events that triggered these symptoms. […]
Abstract Number: 1027
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78 year old female with history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastritis, hypothyroidism, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 was admitted to our tertiary care hospital with complaints of chest pain, bloating, nausea, and feeling of food getting stuck in the epigastric region. She had a longstanding history of gastritis and epigastric […]