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Search Results for Immunocompetent
Abstract Number: 586
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 73 year old male with a history of hypertension and osteoarthritis presented to the hospital with progressively worsening back pain. He has chronic back pain, but suddenly woke up and noticed a difficult time walking and standing, resulting in a fall. His symptoms were associated with subjective fevers, chills, and diaphoresis. Vital […]
Abstract Number: 624
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80 year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease with previous coronary artery bypass graft 4 years prior, and chronic diastolic heart failure presented with three days of acute onset weakness, abdominal pain, and subjective fevers. Patient had a fall one month prior to presentation and had […]
Abstract Number: 638
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: The patient is a 50-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heavy alcohol use, and one pack per day tobacco use who presented with epigastric abdominal pain, an episode of hematemesis, and a three-week history of nosebleeds and bloody sputum. After admission, the patient described the pain […]
Abstract Number: 681
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old female with a history of an incarcerated hernia, Clostridium difficile colitis, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presented to the emergency department (ED) with bloody diarrhea and weakness. On admission, the patient denied fevers, chills, or cough. Additional symptoms included self-limited hyponatremia (133 mmol/L), likely due to excessive diarrhea, bleeding internal hemorrhoids with discomfort, […]
Abstract Number: 685
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman with a past medical history of mild intermittent asthma treated with albuterol and morbid obesity status post gastric sleeve surgery presented to the emergency department with sharp epigastric pain of two days duration. The patient was initially seen at an urgent care center and empirically treated for gastritis with omeprazole, […]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old female presented to an emergency department with progressive weakness and dyspnea with dry cough for 2 weeks; she was afebrile but hypoxic, requiring 2 liters oxygen by nasal cannula. Physical examination was remarkable for diminished right lung sounds. Labs were unremarkable except for elevated C-reactive protein (194.6 mg/L). Chest x-ray revealed a dense […]
Abstract Number: 709
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 62-year-old male admitted following new onset generalized tonic clonic seizure lasting 5-6 minutes witnessed by mother. Per EMS on scene, he was agitated and required ketamine and midazolam while on route to the hospital. Upon admission, he was hemodynamically stable with physical exam only remarkable for raised maculopapular rash extending from the left […]
Abstract Number: 719
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Coccidioidomycosis is a highly variable disease endemic to the southwest with 60% of infected individuals remaining asymptomatic or suffering mild respiratory illness. Less than 1% of cases result in life-threatening dissemination with immunocompromised hosts being most at risk. We present a rare case of multifocal disseminated coccidioidomycosis (DC) in an immunocompetent young male […]
Abstract Number: 740
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 80-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary artery disease status post stenting 4 years ago presented with coffee ground emesis, epigastric pain, dysphagia and melena. On examination, her vital signs showed a heart rate of 92 beats/minute and blood pressure of 89/55 mm Hg. Her abdomen […]
Abstract Number: 784
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with one year of progressive vision loss. He saw an ophthalmologist one month after the initial onset and described it as a “dark curtain” progressing from his central vision. He was diagnosed with decreased visual acuity bilaterally. He was prompted to go to […]