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Abstract Number: 648
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female presented with a 1-day history of exertional, non-positional, mid-sternal, severe chest pain associated with nausea, palpitations and dyspnea. She denied orthopnea, ankle swelling, cough, wheeze, coryza, fever, chills, or recent ill contacts. Past medical history: asthma, vertebral artery dissection, hypothyroidism, migraines, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) infection […]
Abstract Number: 653
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old female with a history significant for poorly controlled T1DM and hypothyroidism presented after being found unresponsive following episodes of vomiting for the past 24 hours. The patient was found to have DKA, high anion gap metabolic acidosis, and shock with blood pressure of 65/31. Labs showed blood glucose levels of 983, […]
Abstract Number: 654
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with no past medical history presented to the emergency department with subacute worsening right thigh swelling and pain. Her history included mild trauma to her right thigh during a recent cross-country road trip. Her physical exam showed significant swelling and tenderness to the anteromedial right thigh with palpable distal pulses […]
Abstract Number: 671
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old woman with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 7 was admitted to our hospital because of impaired consciousness. On the day of admission, she appeared well and was performing her routine work until approximately 6 pm. At 9 pm, her husband found her lying unresponsive on the bed, and she was […]
Abstract Number: 683
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male patient with a history of intravenous drug use was transferred from an outside hospital after initial presentation with persistent fevers, episodic flushing and swelling in right hand and forearm. Workup at the other hospital included blood cultures positive for unspeciated yeast, and a transthoracic echocardiogram with normal ejection fraction (65%) […]
Abstract Number: 702
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 102-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease(CAD), transient ischemic attack(TIA) ,well controlled hypertension(HTN), presented to emergency department(ED) with aphaisa and left facial droop of two hours duration. His symptoms were resolved by the time he presented to the ED. Surgical, social, and family histories were unremarkable.Physical Examination was […]
Abstract Number: 703
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37 year old female with a past medical history of Hypertension, Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (EF=40-45%), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of pleuritic chest pain that had been persistent for two days duration which radiated down her left arm. Initial laboratory workup noted a normal […]
Abstract Number: 716
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 25-year-old male with a past medical history of von Willebrand disease, thrombocytosis presented to an outside hospital (OSH) with acute onset chest pain. An EKG there showed ST-segment elevation in anterior leads after which he was emergently taken to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. He was found to have an left anterior descending (LAD) […]
Abstract Number: 728
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37 year-old female with history of menorrhagia on oral contraceptives (OCP) for 2 months, presented with abrupt onset of right lower quadrant abdominal pain (RLQ) for 1 day. Pain was 10/10, constant, sharp, with radiation to right flank, without alleviating factors. Pain was associated with nausea and multiple episodes of vomiting. She […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man with no significant past medical history was hospitalized with a 2-week history of constant burning left upper quadrant pain, headaches, myalgias, and fever/chills. The patient reported camping in Pennsylvania 1 month prior to presentation. In the ED, he was initially found to be febrile to 102.4F and hypotensive to SBP […]