Meeting
Abstract Number: 568
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old man with 2 prior mechanical valve replacement for congenital aortic valve stenosis presents to the hospital with 2-week history of fever, chills, fatigue, generalized weakness and malaise. He had his first aortic valve replacement at the age of 17 and redo for valve for restenosis of the aortic valve with severe […]
Abstract Number: 755
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and mitral valve prolapse presented to the ED per ophthalmology for further evaluation after 2 weeks of progressive bilateral vision changes, floaters, eye redness, and pain. On his initial presentation to eye clinic, he was diagnosed with bilateral panuveitis and managed with hourly prednisone […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old Japanese man with chronic heart failure and type 2 diabetes presented with a 2-day history of recurrent fever six days after the termination of a 12-day antimicrobial treatment for pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli. The physical examination revealed a body temperature of 38.9 °C, respiratory rate of 24 breaths per minute, […]
Abstract Number: 911
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with past medical history of HIV on HAART with undetectable viral load and bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) presented to the hospital with fevers, abdominal pain and diarrhea for three days found to have sepsis with leukocytosis of 13.7×10^3/uL and fever of 39°C, elevated trop of 168ng/L without acute ischemic changes […]