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Abstract Number: 379
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 69-year-old male with history of cirrhosis from nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and diabetes presents to hospital for abdominal pain and weakness. Before the onset of symptoms earlier in the day, he states he was lifting heavy objects and exerting himself. On physical exam, patient was pale, with abdominal distention and diffuse […]
Abstract Number: 402
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An elderly male with a pertinent past medical history of carpal tunnel syndrome, and chronic diarrhea, presents with complaints of progressively worsening anasarca and associated dyspnea. He has had multiple hospitalizations for dyspnea over the last six months, thought to be due to transudative pleural effusions. Outpatient work-up, including echocardiogram and subspecialty consultation […]
Abstract Number: 427
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man presented with anasarca and dyspnea on exertion that progressively worsened over three weeks. He had no known cardiac, renal, or liver disease prior to presentation. Physical exam revealed elevated jugular venous distention, bibasilar crackles, tense ascites, scrotal edema, and pitting edema in bilateral lower extremities extending to the abdomen. Investigation […]
Abstract Number: 445
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American male with history of recent atopic dermatitis treated with topical corticosteroids presented with 4 days of fevers, night sweats and worsening exertional dyspnea. On admission, he was febrile with decreased left lower lobe breath sounds. CT showed a moderate left-sided pleural effusion and left upper lobe cavitary lesion. The differential included both infectious and malignant etiology […]
Abstract Number: 447
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with history of iron deficiency anemia, recurrent venous thromboembolism on apixaban, splenomegaly, ulcerative colitis who presented to emergency department due to exertional shortness of breath. 6 weeks prior to admission, the dose of azathioprine was increased from 50mg daily to 100mg daily due to suboptimal 6-thioguanine nucleotide (6-TGN) level. 1 […]
Abstract Number: 458
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man with uncontrolled diabetes type 2 presented to the hospital for right foot pain of three-weeks duration. He had tachycardia to 102/min, a temperature of 101.3 F, and white blood cell (WBC) count of 26.8 x109 cells/L. An X-Ray of his right foot was consistent with osteomyelitis and necrotizing fasciitis. Two […]
Abstract Number: 463
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus, metastatic renal cell carcinoma to brain and bone despite left nephrectomy and multiple cycles of chemotherapy and recent immunotherapy with nivolumab presented 3 weeks post whole brain radiation treatment (WBRT) with 4 days of right arm pain and swelling. He visited upstate New York prior […]
Abstract Number: 478
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 37-year-old female with a 9 month history of moderate ulcerative pancolitis (UC) who was admitted with worsening abdominal pain, a 30 lb weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. She had been treated with mesalamine, vedolizumab, and infliximab with no improvement and refused corticosteroid therapy due to […]
Abstract Number: 538
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Patient was a 26-year-old female with history of methamphetamine abuse, previous C trachomatis infection, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who presented via EMS for acute hypoxic respiratory failure and unresponsiveness and was intubated in ED. Initial vitals include systolic blood pressure of 80, undetectable diastolic blood pressure, heart rate of 168 […]
Abstract Number: 555
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old woman with hypertension and arthritis presented with 2 weeks of myalgias, decreased appetite, malaise, and fevers. She also reported two days of non-bloody diarrhea that had since resolved. She denied any recent travel, abdominal or dental procedures, or contact with livestock. Vital signs were notable for the absence of fever. Physical […]