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Abstract Number: 901
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman with a history of morbid obesity, cholecystectomy, and prior choledocholithiasis with placement of biliary stents presented with nausea, vomiting, rigors, and fever with epigastric pain radiating to her back. Cardiopulmonary, neurological, and skin exams were unremarkable. Initial laboratory studies showed a white blood cell count of 10.7 x 10^3/µL, AST […]
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with a history of HIV, well-controlled on HAART, presented with persistent hematochezia, rectal pain, and constipation for a month. His history was notable for unprotected anal receptive intercourse. Patient was reportedly seen at multiple other hospitals and received empiric treatments for gonorrhea, chlamydia & syphilis without relief. He was compliant […]
Abstract Number: 988
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year old female with cirrhosis secondary to chronic hepatitis B infection non-adherent with Entecavir therapy presented with altered mental status, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and emesis. Vital signs revealed hypotension, tachycardia, and tachypnea. Exam revealed somnolence and significant abdominal distension without guarding, rebound, or rigidity. Laboratory evaluation was remarkable for a leukocytosis to […]
Abstract Number: A40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a past medical history notable for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, peptic ulcer disease, gout, and depression presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of constant, sharp, epigastric abdominal pain. Preceding these symptoms, he experienced an episode of severe nausea, non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, diarrhea, and chills after eating […]
Abstract Number: G25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man presented with 3 weeks of intermittent fevers along with 3 days of epigastric pain and black stool in the setting of recent travel to the Poconos, Pennsylvania and Ecuador. While at his vacation home in the Poconos mountains, the patient spent time clearing away brush and ate cooked wild mushrooms […]
Abstract Number: G44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman with a past medical history of a calcaneal fracture requiring internal fixation complicated by poor wound healing and repair with a free flap, and polymicrobial osteomyelitis on home amoxicillin-clavulanate and IV daptomycin presented with three days of fevers, chills, and generalized malaise. She reported adherence to her home antibiotic regimen. […]
Abstract Number: L26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old female with past medical history of asthma, GERD, and anxiety presented with chief complaint of dyspnea, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and vomiting. She was diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia based on multifocal opacities on CT and started on ceftriaxone and azithromycin with initial improvement of symptoms and leukocytosis. On hospital day […]
Abstract Number: M28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of ulcerative colitis, hypertension and paternal history of Huntington’s disease was diagnosed with mild COVID 19 infection in September 2021. Three weeks later, she started noticing that she was clumsy, and dropping things. She then started having jerky, spasmodic, involuntary movements of her head, upper extremities, and […]
Abstract Number: 1010
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Learning Objectives: – To recognize ehrlichioisis as a possible cause of aseptic meningitis – To understand activities that increase the risk of tick-borne diseasesCase Presentation:A 69-year-old Black man presented to a Louisiana hospital with a two-day history of falls, intermittent disorientation, lower extremity weakness and pain, and urinary retention. He denied skin changes, […]
Abstract Number: 1068
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man presented with acute progressively worsening diplopia for two days duration. He also developed dysarthria, difficulty swallowing, generalized muscle weakness, and shortness of breath which prompted him to seek medical attention. He was bradycardic, but otherwise afebrile and normotensive. On exam, he was diaphoretic while taking shallow breaths. Neurological exam was […]