Meeting
Abstract Number: 646
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old African American male with a history of sarcoidosis presented with shortness of breath, dry cough, and headaches for 10 days, previously treated for sinusitis with amoxicillin and clavulanate without improvement. He is an electrician and smokes 3 packs of cigarettes per week. He denied any history of asthma, eczema, or atopy, […]
Abstract Number: 785
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59 year old man presented to the ER with shortness of breath, non-productive cough and fever of 103○F. He was also being followed for an enlarging left tricep mass that has grown significantly in size for the past 2 months, currently at 11cm in diameter. CBC now revealed a WBC count of […]
Abstract Number: E37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male was admitted to an outside hospital with several weeks of progressive dyspnea and wheezing. His past medical history was significant for ischemic cardiomyopathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. His social history was significant for having lived in Somalia, Yemen, and Indonesia prior to immigrating to the United […]
Abstract Number: 1154
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis, and fifty-pound weight loss in the past seven months, was admitted to the hospital for left parietal and right occipital stroke. Asthma was diagnosed in childhood and was well-controlled without recent exacerbation. Patient had focal right hand weakness of 4/5 strength, petechiae on the left lateral […]