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Abstract Number: 572
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old man with a history of opioid use disorder, housing insecurity and hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome presented with one month of shortness of breath, productive cough, fever, and chills. He also endorsed a twenty pound weight loss over the course of three months. He had presented to an outside hospital three weeks […]
Abstract Number: 601
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 64-year-old female with non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of progressive pain and swelling of her left index finger. Prior outpatient evaluation with X-rays and MRI resulted negative, and a Cortisone injection and anti-inflammatories provided no relief. She reported difficulty moving her finger, increased warmth […]
Abstract Number: 605
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 52 year-old man with PMH of HIV presented with inguinal lymphadenopathy, intermittent abdominal pain, suprapubic fullness, fever and poor urine production for several days. Bladder catheterization yielded a large volume of bloody urine. The patient had not experienced hematuria previously and had no history of urinary retention, urgency, perineal or GU trauma. […]
Abstract Number: 656
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old female nonsmoker with chronic bronchiectasis on 3 liters of home oxygen presented with worsening shortness of breath. The patient’s baseline creatinine (cr) was 0.85 mg/dL, eGFR 60, and she was admitted with cr of 2.2 mg/dL. Urinalysis showed proteinuria, pyuria, hematuria with few bacteria, with new onset anemia (Hgb 7.8) on […]
Abstract Number: 665
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with a past medical history of end-stage renal disease status post living-related kidney transplant three years ago presented with dyspnea and joint pain. His immunosuppressive regimen included mycophenolate mofetil, prednisone, and belatacept, which was switched to everolimus due to concern for synovitis at outpatient rheumatology one month prior when he […]
Abstract Number: 694
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year old female with a history of morbid obesity status post lap band procedure presented with fevers, bloating, nausea and vomiting for 1 month. CT Abd/Pelvis w/o contrast demonstrated marked ascites intra-abdominally and in the pelvic cavity. Chlamydia/Gonorrhea assays were performed and returned negative. She then had a paracentesis with fluid […]
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old Mexican man had presented to an outside hospital with 2 weeks of cough and dyspnea and was found to have a new apical pulmonary infiltrate. He underwent lung biopsy and was treated for pneumonia for several days without resolution of his symptoms. He was transferred to our medicine service and […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male presented with a 4 day history of rectal and abdominal pain. He denied any previous medical history. He also noted three months of productive cough, pyrexia, chills, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed right lower quadrant tenderness accompanied by abdominal rigidity and involuntary guarding. The patient declined digital rectal examination. […]
Abstract Number: 780
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with a history of heavy cigarette smoking and COPD presented with a six-month-long hacking cough with sputum production, night sweats, weight loss, and malaise. He was treated with multiple courses of azithromycin for community-acquired pneumonia without improvement. He had a history of asbestos exposure as a shipyard worker. He did […]
Abstract Number: 781
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old female with a history of IV drug abuse and MRSA tricuspid native valve endocarditis was treated for lobar pneumonia 4 months prior to readmission for non-bloody cough and pleuritic chest pain. Recurrence of lobar pneumonia was suspected but workup instead revealed Mycobacterium abscessus bacteremia. She denies any fevers, chills, nausea, vomiting, […]