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Abstract Number: 377
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old female with a history of morbid obesity and hypertension presented with three weeks of progressive dyspnea and productive cough. She was previously diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and completed two five-day courses of azithromycin, without improvement in her symptoms. She denied smoking but reported increased smoke inhalation due to local forest fires. […]
Abstract Number: 404
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 45 year-old Cambodian female with no past medical history presented to the clinic with a mild cough. Her medical history was notable for never smoking, occasional alcohol use, and no recreational drug use. She had no known occupational exposures and no family history of malignancy. Initial treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease and […]
Abstract Number: 449
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male with history of gastric lap band, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes presented with two months of worsening shortness of breath. He denied cough, fever, myalgias, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, or pleuritic chest pain. He had no history of asthma, COPD, or tobacco use. […]
Abstract Number: 454
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Lung transplant recipients are a unique cohort of patients who require a multidisciplinary approach to management when hospitalized due to their higher rate of comorbidities, use of immunosuppression medications, and increased risk of complications. As of April 2023, over 12,000 total transplants have been performed in our institution, of which, 538 (4.5%) have been […]
Abstract Number: 481
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is an 81 years old man presented with unintentional weight loss of 30 pounds in a year. He had history of diabetes type II and 20-pack-year smoking history. Extensive workup at the primary care clinic was unremarkable. CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis identified multiple lung mass, lymphadenopathy and an ill-defined pancreatic […]
Abstract Number: 483
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man with hypertension and osteoarthritis presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and weight loss for 2 months. Prior to admission, he had received antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia without improvement. Physical exam showed multiple ulcers at the base and sides of tongue, bilateral palmar erythematous papules with ulceration and scaling, bilateral erythematous plaques […]
Abstract Number: 484
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Case: A 27-year-old male presented to the emergency room with fever, night sweats, and productive cough with brown sputum for the past week prior to presentation. He also noted associated anorexia, nausea, and non-bilious, non-bloody vomiting. The patient reported persistent dysphagia that had developed after his laryngeal schwannoma resection 15 years ago. On […]
Abstract Number: 489
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 77 year old female who had a diagnosed primary gastric adenocarcinoma at another hospital presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. A chest x-ray was done which showed a large left-sided pleural effusion (Figure 1). An ultrasoundguided thoracentesis was done and the pleura was positive for metastatic adenocarcinoma, however the […]
Abstract Number: 492
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis, ILD, hypertension, hypothyroidism, iron deficiency anemia, and monoclonal paraproteinemia presented with 3-day history of progressive dyspnea and productive cough and was admitted for acute hypoxic respiratory failure initially requiring 3 L/minute oxygen via nasal cannula (NC). The remaining vital signs were stable. Exam revealed rales at right […]
Abstract Number: 501
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes was sent to the emergency room by primary care physician because of persistent hypokalemia while taking oral potassium supplements. Patient reported generalized weakness, low back pain, thirty-pound weight loss and poor appetite for a few months. He smokes one packet of […]