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Search Results for Leukocytosis
Abstract Number: 477
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old man with heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and hereditary spastic paralysis was hospitalized with hyperkalemia to 7.7 mmol/L. He was admitted a month prior with heart failure and discharged on lisinopril with a new prescription for spironolactone. The patient had decreased appetite, limited oral intake, mild nausea, and no vomiting with […]
Abstract Number: 491
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old female with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation on daily aspirin, previously managed with Eliquis but discontinued due to multiple GI bleeds of unknown origin, and unexplained leukocytosis up to 61.67K, transferred to an academic hospital from a community hospital for two episodes of hematochezia and symptomatic anemia with a […]
Abstract Number: 612
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 33 year old male who presented with a one day history of non-radiating right upper quadrant abdominal pain worsened by physical activity and lying on his right side. The patient initially suspected that he may have been constipated, but then presented to our hospital due to increasing […]
Abstract Number: 689
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present a 61 year old female with a history of hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis well controlled on Humira who presented to the ED with tachycardia and tachypnea, found to have profound lymphocytic leukocytosis and altered mental status. The patient’s family reported a history of fatigue and confusion for 4 days as well […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man with history of hypertension on amlodipine, hydralazine, losartan, spironolactone, and torsemide, uncontrolled insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage IIIb, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with extreme leukocytosis of 268,600/uL on admission presented to the hospital for progressive shortness of breath and was found to be […]