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Search Results for Guillain-Barré syndrome
Abstract Number: 845
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old female with a history of generalized anxiety disorder and recent COVID-19 infection presented with ascending parasthesias. Two weeks prior to admission, she developed a fever and sore throat. She subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. Four days after her symptoms began she developed bilateral numbness and tingling in her feet which progressed […]
Abstract Number: 884
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 14-year-old male with autism spectrum disorder presented with history of 5 days of refusal to move and imbalance for 2 days, following diarrheal illness two weeks prior. On admission, he was tachycardic and hypertensive with dry mucous membranes. His neurologic exam was limited by agitation but demonstrated symmetric facies and 5/5 strength […]
Abstract Number: 910
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of a 3-week history of dysphagia and ~30lb weight loss. He had been transferred to the ED after a failed formal swallow evaluation, nearly three weeks after the onset of symptoms, during which he demonstrated significant aspiration even with thick liquids. In addition […]
Abstract Number: C44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]
Abstract Number: C47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: FC is a 67-year-old female with prior history of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. She was initially admitted for three days of watery diarrhea. During her hospitalization, she suddenly suffered PEA arrest, and received CPR and ACLS algorithm for 26minutes before achieving ROSC. Patient was subsequently intubated. Her post-arrest neurologic exam was notable for […]
Abstract Number: J27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: The patient is a 49-year-old male with a history of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection 3 weeks prior who presented to the emergency department complaining of weakness. It began 1 week ago when he woke up with numbness in his bilateral lower extremities (BLE) accompanied by tingling dysesthesias in the toes. His symptoms rapidly evolved […]
Abstract Number: K32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 49-year-old female with past medical history of hypertension & bipolar disorder presented to hospital with complaints of worsening weakness involving her lower extremities for 8 weeks. The weakness began 10 days after receiving the first dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna Vaccine). Her weakness started in her bilateral feet, gradually ascended up to involve waist […]