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Abstract Number: 488
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 58- year-old female presented with vomiting, dizziness, and a blood pressure of 80/60 mmHg. Laboratory: serum creatinine 3.1 mg/dl (baseline 1 mg/dl), BUN 34 mg/dl (baseline 10 mg/dl), corrected calcium 12.3 mg/dl, low PTH , normal 25-OH vitamin D, and normal PTH-related protein. Two months prior, serum calcium was normal and 25-OH […]
Abstract Number: 529
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 51 year-old African American male with a history of chronic kidney disease (baseline creatinine of about 1.5), hypertension, diabetes type II and hyperlipidemia, presented to the ER with severe fatigue, swelling, and difficulty urinating. Two weeks prior to admission, his primary care physician had started the patient on Canagliflozin. About a week […]
Abstract Number: 535
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Patient is a 73-year-old female with history of hypertension, chronic back pain on gabapentin, prior intravenous drug use, peripheral artery disease status post bilateral femoral endarterectomies with stenting on dual anti-platelet therapy who presented to the emergency department with right lower extremity pain. Patient was hemodynamically stable, alert and oriented. Shortly after undergoing […]
Abstract Number: 537
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old Latin-American woman with a history of hyperthyroidism presented to the ED with migrating polyarthralgias and fever for several days. 3 months prior, patient began experiencing stiffness, joint pains, fatigue, and palpitations. She was ultimately diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and started on Methimazole 1 month prior to current presentation. Patient presented to the […]
Abstract Number: 587
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, left ventricular (LV) mural thrombus, tobacco use, and recent thalamic, splenic, and renal artery infarcts, presented with two weeks of worsening pain and cyanosis of his left third and fourth toes, associated with claudication. He denied numbness or loss of strength. He denied […]
Abstract Number: 636
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old African American woman with a history of hypertension, morbid obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department with a 12-hour history of left-sided abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. At presentation her medications included hydrochlorothiazide, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and lisinopril. Her first dose of lisinopril 5mg was 12 hours before the […]
Abstract Number: 713
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old woman with triple positive (Beta-2-glycoprotein IgG/IgM, anticardiolipin IgG/IgM, and lupus anticoagulant) antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) taking apixaban, aspirin, and hydroxychloroquine presented to the emergency department for progressive confusion, emesis, and hematochezia found to be in cardiogenic shock due to right ventricular failure with critical limb ischemia due to complete right popliteal artery […]
Abstract Number: 730
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 64-year-old man with history of schizoaffective disorder, hypertension, cigarette smoker (quit recently) was admitted to the hospital with acute onset recurrent falls in the last 2 weeks. Medications include buspirone 10mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, metoprolol 50 mg, clozapine 450 mg. He had hypotension on presentation, which improved with fluids. Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension persisted […]
Abstract Number: 731
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Pyroglutamic acid (5-oxoproline) is a rare cause of metabolic acidosis most often associated with sub-acute or chronic acetaminophen intake in the presence of unique risk factors. Discussion: A 25-year old female with Crohn’s disease presented with one month of worsening abdominal pain, diarrhea, and anorexia with reported 20 kg weight loss. She developed […]
Abstract Number: 765
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man with stage 5 chronic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital with four days of new, uncontrollable muscle twitching. One week prior, he had undergone incision and drainage of a gluteal abscess and was prescribed levofloxacin. Two days later, he began to experience twitching of his face and jerking of […]