Meeting
Abstract Number: 111
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Venous thromboembolism, in particular, pulmonary embolism (PE), is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19. In comparison to influenza, COVID-19 leads to a more pronounced hypercoagulable state secondary to endotheliopathy and hyperinflammatory state which results in the formation of venous and arterial thrombosis. Based on prior literature, patients with COVID-19 have […]
Abstract Number: 572
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 77-year-old female with no past medical history who presented with two weeks of dyspnea on exertion, scant hemoptysis, and rhinorrhea with occasional blood. Vitals showed tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypoxia with saturations 95% on 15 L/min via heated high flow nasal cannula. Exam revealed accessory muscle use, faint bibasilar rales, […]
Abstract Number: 670
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A male in his 70s with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation presented to the hospital for evaluation of shortness of breath, dysgeusia, and subjective fever. His home medications were aspirin, atorvastatin, pantoprazole, apixaban, and tramadol. Physical exam on admission revealed bilaterally diminished breath sounds in addition to being tachypneic and hypoxic. His […]