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Abstract Number: 408
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36 year-old African-American female with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) was admitted to a community hospital with hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury (AKI). She recently was diagnosed with HIV/AIDs with diffuse lymphadenopathy. An abdominal lymph node biopsy showed Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). She was started on highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) […]
Abstract Number: 411
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: The presence of abnormal liver function tests has a broad list of differential diagnoses and is commonly seen in patients with medication side-effects. Hepatotoxicity is associated with many checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapeutics and requires immediate initiation of steroids; however, it is important to consider alternate etiologies for transaminitis. We present a case of a […]
Abstract Number: 443
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 30 yo female without significant medical history presented to hospital complaining of facial swelling and dyspnea on exertion of 3 days duration. She described increasing fatigue, nausea and throat discomfort but denied diarrhea, cough, sputum production, fever, chills, rigors, sweats or abdominal pain. The patient had attributed her symptoms to contact with […]
Abstract Number: 446
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old Cambodian male with no known past medical history presented to the emergency department after experiencing three days of nausea and vomiting. The patient reported, prior to becoming ill, he went fishing for a couple of hours. Later in the day he consumed undercooked fish. Patient’s vital signs on admission were temperature […]
Abstract Number: 493
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man presented to an outside hospital emergency department with a complaint of worsening left hip pain and swelling. He attributed the pain to a sports related injury from a baseball tournament he had participated in the prior week. He was diagnosed with muscle strain on two previous emergency department visits. Additional […]
Abstract Number: 501
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and hyperlipidemia arrived to the ER after a syncopal episode. She was found in intermittent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). She was treated medically, briefly regaining sinus rhythm with possible ischemic changes (Figure 1). She was transferred to a cardiac catheterization capable facility. The study showed proximal left anterior […]
Abstract Number: 530
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old healthy male veteran presented to the emergency room with painless jaundice. Three days prior to presentation, the patient noticed a yellowing of his eyes, but was otherwise asymptomatic. His history was notable for traumatic brain injury, PTSD, heterozygous gene mutation for hemochromatosis, and alcohol abuse with prior elevations in his aminotransferases […]
Abstract Number: 536
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old woman with a history of untreated Hepatitis C, anal cancer status post chemotherapy and radiation, current IV heroin use, and MRSA tricuspid valve endocarditis presented with lethargy, jaundice, abdominal pain, oliguria, fevers and lower extremity swelling and rash. On arrival, she initially had fluid-responsive hypotension and fever up to 102. […]
Abstract Number: 545
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Diclofenac is a routinely prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent in hospital with well-recognized hepatotoxic potential. However, there are only two reported cases of topical diclofenac-induced liver injury in literature. Herein, we describe a case of a 94-year-old man with Paget’s disease and osteoarthritis, who developed acute hepatotoxicity after four months of application of topical […]
Abstract Number: 546
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old male auto-mechanic, with a history of tobacco use, presented with acute right-sided pleuritic chest pain. He was diagnosed with musculoskeletal pain and discharged from the ED. Several days later he returned with dyspnea, dry cough, fever and diaphoresis. He revealed that he recently tried vaping marijuana (THC) oil. Vital signs were […]