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Abstract Number: 370
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This patient was a 32 year old male with one week of fevers, coughing, and shortness of breath. On examination, the patient was tachycardic with an oxygen saturation of 85%. He had increased work of breathing with accessory muscle use, but no crackles or wheezing. Complete blood count showed leukocytosis. CT angiogram showed […]
Abstract Number: 425
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 64 year old male presented with a three day history of fever, hand soreness and rash. On the day of presentation, he had just returned from the Caribbean, however denied any history of ill contacts, recent hiking or contact with large bodies of water. There were no known allergies, recent changes in […]
Abstract Number: 474
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old man with a recent diagnosis of myasthenia gravis presented with 3 days of fever up to 103, rhinorrhea, frontal headache, mild lower extremity weakness, a mildly productive cough, and a leukocytosis to 16. As he had been started on prednisone and azathioprine 10 days prior to his presentation, he underwent […]
Abstract Number: 505
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40 year-old male with a past medical history of HIV presented with two days of fever, emesis and diarrhea. Two weeks prior he had seen his PCP and had a CD4 650cells/mcL with an undetectable viral load. He was started on Abacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudine and had been taking it as directed. On admission he […]
Abstract Number: 631
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with lip swelling and shortness of breath following shellfish ingestion. She denied chest pain. Due to concern for angioedema, she received intramuscular epinephrine, intravenous methylprednisolone, diphenhydramine and famotidine. A 12-lead electrocardiogram revealed 2 mm ST segment elevation in leads II, III and aVF […]
Abstract Number: 692
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70 year old WM with a history of myasthenia gravis on prednisone for about 1 year prior to admission was admitted with fever, rash and pyuria. Two weeks prior to admission he was started on Azathioprine as his prednisone was being tapered. About 5 days PTA he developed a pustular rash, transient […]
Abstract Number: 702
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year old female was hospitalized for 3-week history of abdominal pain, chills, nausea and diarrhea. Her past medical history was significant for multiple self-reported antibiotic allergies, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass complicated by gastrojejunostomy leak, and prior perisplenic abscess requiring percutaneous drainage. On admission, blood pressure was 137/79, heart rate of 80, respirations 20, […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with history of a hip replacement complicated with MRSA s/p multiple revisions and sick sinus syndrome with pacer placed in 2004, presented to the ED with an “itchy rash most tender at the pacemaker site” where a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) within a TYRx envelope was placed two days […]
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A-28-year-old male with history of asthma and bipolar disorder presented to our hospital with a 10-day old, painful rash on bilateral lower extremities. History was significant for flea bites that occurred a day before the rash started. The rash started off as 3/10 petichae on both legs, but over 2 days it rapidly […]