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Abstract Number: 461
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man presented with progressive worsening of altered mental status after a fall and right knee trauma. Four days prior he developed subjective fevers, chills and inability to walk after the fall. Past medical history was significant for diverticulitis complicated by diverticular abscess six months prior to admission. He was homebound, no […]
Abstract Number: 466
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 38 yo male with PMH of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle collision a year prior to presentation, presented to the ED with back pain. Pt states that had back pain about a year ago right after the motor vehicle collision, which improved after a month. Then in the last 4 weeks, he has […]
Abstract Number: 473
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with a history of renal cell carcinoma s/p nephrectomy, chronic kidney disease, and hypertension presented to the Emergency Department with several weeks of recurring fevers to 103°F, chills, malaise, fatigue, night sweats, anorexia, and an unintentional weight loss of 4.5 kg. He denied arthralgias, myalgias, neurologic symptoms, rashes, diarrhea, or […]
Abstract Number: 473
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: After suffering a left-sided middle cerebral artery stroke and subsequent right sided weakness, an 85-year-old female fell and sustained a fracture of her right intertrochanteric femur. She initially had an ORIF at an outside hospital, but this subsequently failed and the patient had continued pain. She had repeat x-ray imaging of her femur […]
Abstract Number: 478
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 37-year-old female with a 9 month history of moderate ulcerative pancolitis (UC) who was admitted with worsening abdominal pain, a 30 lb weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. She had been treated with mesalamine, vedolizumab, and infliximab with no improvement and refused corticosteroid therapy due to […]
Abstract Number: 482
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman presented with a 4-day history of nausea, vomiting, and watery, non-bloody diarrhea. She also had fever, headache, and dark urine. She had traveled to Puerto Rico one-week prior, where she ate raw fish and vegetables and drank tap water. She also went to visit a waterfall, where she swam in […]
Abstract Number: 494
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A fifteen-year-old previously healthy male presented with one and a half months of intermittent right upper quadrant pain with one month of decreased appetite and weight loss. He was followed by his primary care physician who initiated an outpatient workup approximately two weeks into his disease course. A CT scan of the abdomen […]
Abstract Number: 494
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male dentist presented with several days of bilateral lower extremity rash and migratory large joint arthritis in the setting of fevers, myalgias, and a recent viral illness in his 3-year-old daughter. His medical history included remote testicular cancer post-orchiectomy. He was referred by his primary care provider who noted bilateral (right […]
Abstract Number: 495
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 58 year-old female with a history of pre-DM, HTN, cholelithiasis s/p cholecystectomy, and GERD presented to the clinic with a chief complaint of odynophagia. Symptoms began 3-4 days prior and were located primarily in the lower chest. The pain started abruptly with no precipitating factor and, while not worsening, was not improving. […]
Abstract Number: 497
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of bilateral vision loss. He had a complex medical history including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, aortic stenosis with bioprosthetic valve replacement, and ascending aortic aneurysm graft and repair performed in 2022. He was admitted and on inpatient work-up […]