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Abstract Number: 690
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male with hypertension, sleep apnea, and polycythemia presented to an outside hospital for abdominal bloating and pain with emesis for 2 weeks. Labs showed WBC up to 26k/µl, AST of 166, ALT of 155, and total bilirubin of 2.8 mg/dl with normal range lipase and lactate. Initial CT abdomen pelvis (CTAP) […]
Abstract Number: 716
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 22 year-old male presented to the emergency department with a three week history of abdominal pain which occurred typically within an hour after meals. This had worsened over the past four days and was associated with poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, and loose bowel movements. The pain had been non-responsive to acid suppression […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 60 year-old woman with chronic mesenteric ischemia was admitted for symptomatic inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) stenosis. She underwent IMA stent placement with a postoperative course notable for abdominal pain and nausea. Two weeks later, she was transferred to a medicine service for uncontrolled hypertension. Overnight, the patient had sudden-onset nausea and vomiting […]
Abstract Number: 762
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female presented to the emergency department with 2-days of fever, nausea, non-bilious/non-bloody vomiting, epigastric pain, and anorexia. This was superimposed on a one-year history of intermittent abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, bilious vomiting, and 20-pound weight loss which has been preceded by food insecurity with resulting weight loss. Her past medical, surgical, […]
Abstract Number: 805
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 29-year-old female with a history of cervical cancer status post cervix removal in 2014 and epilepsy presented to the emergency department with a three-month history of chronic generalized abdominal pain, failure to thrive, 40 lb. unintentional weight loss and anorexia that had acutely worsened in the previous two weeks. One day prior to […]
Abstract Number: 846
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 74-year-old female with a past medical history of colon cancer status post left hemicolectomy who presented with severe abdominal pain for the past six hours associated with non-bloody loose stools. She was tachycardic but hemodynamically stable. The abdomen was soft and non-tender with hypoactive bowel sounds. However, […]
Abstract Number: 870
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old patient with history of Crohn s disease complicated by small bowel obstruction s/p resection and ileocolonic anastomosis, and transition to Upadacitinib from infliximab, a month prior to the admission, presented with a three-day duration of worsening abdominal pain, non-bloody diarrhea, and intermittent fevers. Vital signs notable for temperature of 102.2F and […]
Abstract Number: 876
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old woman with past medical history of gastritis and past surgical history of appendectomy and C-section presented with a six-month history of intermittent abdominal discomfort, non-bloody diarrhea, nausea and bloating that was significantly worsening during the week prior to admission. In a span of six months, the patient was noted to […]
Abstract Number: 879
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male presented to the emergency room with worsening left lower quadrant abdominal pain of two days duration associated with subjective fever and diarrhea. Three weeks prior to his presentation, he was diagnosed with acute diverticulitis confirmed by abdominal CT scan and completed a seven-day course of Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole. Physical exam […]
Abstract Number: 911
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 39 year old female presented on day 10, status post (s/p) laparoscopic gastric sleeve, with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and loose mucoid stools intermittently since surgery. She had history of rheumatoid arthritis, morbid obesity, with provoked lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) who had previous IVC filter and […]