Meeting
Abstract Number: 655
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old gentleman had a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy treated with Orthotopic Heart Transplant (OHT), on tacrolimus & prednisone; cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS); & negative pre-transplant Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) serology. He presented 5 months after OHT with progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea & bilateral lower extremities swelling since 1 week. On [...]
Abstract Number: 0509
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old male with HIV (CD4 75, undetectable viral load four months prior) and visceral and pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma on Doxorubicin presented with one month of dyspnea, fatigue, abdominal distention, and peripheral edema. His temperature was 102.3 F, blood pressure was 127/66 mmHg, heart rate was 120 beats per minute, respiratory rate was [...]
Abstract Number: 1005
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with a recently diagnosed HIV infection presented to the hospital with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and fatigue for 4 days. Six weeks prior, he was found to have HIV infection with a CD4+ cell count of 17 cells/ul and an HIV viral load of 41,399 copies/mL. He was prescribed antiretroviral [...]