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Search Results for Guillain-Barré syndrome
Abstract Number: 419
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female was admitted with a 5-day history of bilateral lower extremity weakness. She received influenza vaccination five weeks prior to the presentation. The patient progressed rapidly over days to quadriplegia and respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. The cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed albuminocytological dissociation, and nerve conduction studies revealed an […]
Abstract Number: 566
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 39-year old female with a history of alcohol abuse presented with an eight-day history of numbness involving her bilateral lower extremities and hands which had progressed proximally to involve her chest wall. She reported perioral and perianal numbness, lethargy and difficulty ambulating. Examination was significant for decreased sensation in a glove-stocking distribution, […]
Abstract Number: 567
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 66 year old man with a history of eosinophilic granulomastosis with polyangiitis presented with ascending numbness and unsteadiness that worsened over two days and finally manifested as paraesthesia and weakness in all extremities, gait imbalance, and diplopia. Three weeks prior to presentation, the patient had received the flu vaccine. Neurology was consulted upon […]
Abstract Number: 592
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male patient with no past medical history was admitted initially with bilateral lower extremities (LE) weakness and right side facial paralysis. Before the onset of the symptoms, he reported that he developed round red spots with fever after being in the woods. His neurologic exam was positive for absent reflexes in […]
Abstract Number: 599
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 76-year old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, back pain and weakness in lower extremities. Two weeks earlier, patient received her first dose of Shingrix vaccine. Just one day after receiving the vaccine, she developed fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. She was admitted to the hospital […]
Abstract Number: 614
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with past medical history of hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus presented to an outside hospital with diplopia and new onset weakness, paresthesia, and numbness in bilateral lower extremities three days following a mild viral infection. The patient was discharged after two days without acute intervention following extensive negative workup including imaging, […]
Abstract Number: 670
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 37 y/o M with a past medical history of SARS-CoV-2 infection one month prior presented after a syncopal episode and complained of inability to move his lower extremities. On exam he was hypotensive and had 0/5 motor strength in his bilateral lower extremities, decreased rectal tone, and absent patellar reflexes. Sensation to light […]
Abstract Number: 770
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man previously healthy except sleep apnea syndrome presented with low grade fever and feeling of residual urine, but he returned home because of no evidences of urinary tract infection and incontinence. On the next day, he returned to ER with abdominal bloating and admitted, because abdominal CT showed paralytic ileus without […]
Abstract Number: 808
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old African American male past medical history significant for recently diagnosed Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) was admitted for recurrent mechanical falls at home. One week prior to his admission, he was treated for GBS with high dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin (0.4 g/kg/day) for 5 consecutive days and subsequently discharged home where he stayed for […]
Abstract Number: 816
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 46 year old man living in southwestern Maine with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity presented in late September with 2 days of numbness in the right foot that progressed to bilateral lower extremity weakness, numbness, and difficulty ambulating. Patient denied any recent illnesses, vaccinations, travel or known bites the month […]