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Search Results for Kidney Injury
Abstract Number: 763
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and hyperlipidemia presented with jaundice and one week of diarrhea with occasional hematochezia. In addition, he noted dark urine, decreased PO intake and appetite. On exam, he was jaundiced with scleral icterus. Lab work revealed acute kidney injury with initial creatinine level of […]
Abstract Number: 815
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 65-year-old, woman who had developed pseudomonas bacteremia after a complicated femoral artery thrombosis s/p transcatheter repair of the mitral valve. The patient was discharged home on a 6-week course of IV cefepime for concerns of possible mitral valve endocarditis. Within 2 weeks of discharge, the patient had been brought back […]
Abstract Number: 909
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a medical history of hypertension presented with vomiting of 5 days. Vomitus was non-bloody, non-bilious in nature and was associated with headache. The headache was sudden in onset, bifrontal, 8/10 on a numerical rating pain scale.Initial vitals were remarkable for BP of 68/54 mm Hg which improved to 94/55 […]
Abstract Number: D31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present an 80-year-old female with a medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. She underwent pulmonary vein isolation in 2017 and had reportedly been on flecainide 150 mg twice daily and atenolol 100 milligram twice daily since then. She presented to the emergency department with dyspnea […]
Abstract Number: I30
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 62 year-old gentleman with PMH significant for HTN, moderate-severe bilateral RAS and stage IIIa CKD who was transferred to our hospital for AKI requiring dialysis. 1 month prior to presentation, spironolactone was added to his antihypertensive medications of amlodipine, carvedilol, azilsartan and furosemide. He was in his usual state […]
Abstract Number: M43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old woman with no medical history presented with eight weeks of nausea, vomiting, and fevers. Six weeks prior to admission she had a positive monospot test, positive EBV IgG, and negative EBV IgM. Two weeks prior, she developed cyclical fevers, night sweats, and weight loss. She presented to the ED due to […]
Abstract Number: O10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: We aimed to represent the effects of SARS Co V -2 on kidney functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients of varied baseline GFR values staged into renal categories of one to five. Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study using data of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with acute kidney injuries. Demographic characteristics, clinical […]
Abstract Number: P10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Cancer patients are at risk of higher readmission rates after hospitalization, which has been associated with increased comorbidity and mortality. Development of acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with worse clinical outcomes. In the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, we aim to look at the 30-day readmission rate in our institution’s cancer patients with […]
Abstract Number: P28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old female with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) and hypothyroidism presented with three days of dull pain localized bilaterally to the biceps femorum, recurrent emesis, and anorexia. Her past medical history includes complications of hATTR (being treated with patisirtan and tafamidis); polyneuropathy, small bowel enteropathy, and cardiomyopathy with associated recent bioprosthetic mitral and […]
Abstract Number: 1002
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 18-year-old female college student with a past medical history of polycystic kidney disease, febrile seizures and treated Kawasaki’s disease presented with bilateral lower extremity muscle weakness, which was acute and uniform without any patterns such as ascending or descending quality. The severity of the symptoms lead to patient’s inability to ambulate without support […]