Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for NSTI
Abstract Number: 430
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 53 year-old man with a history of Hodgkin’s lymphoma status post splenectomy, mantle radiation, and ABVD chemotherapy, severe aortic stenosis, and moderate mitral stenosis attributed to chemoradiation presented with recurrent fevers and lower abdominal pain. He also reported six years of migratory polyarthritis formerly on prednisone and methotrexate, 45kg unintentional weight loss, […]
Abstract Number: 434
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Subcutaneous (SC) methylnaltrexone (MNTX) is approved for opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adults with chronic noncancer pain and OIC in adults with advanced illness or with active cancer who require opioid dosage escalation for palliative care. This post hoc analysis evaluated data pooled from 3 randomized studies of patients with advanced illness and OIC. Methods: […]
Abstract Number: 471
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), off antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 5 years presented to an outside hospital in July 2022 with diffuse umbilicated skin lesions. Skin scrapings for the monkeypox virus PCR were positive. No medications were prescribed. Days later, the patient was admitted to a different hospital with worsening […]
Abstract Number: 472
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated by neurogenic bladder with indwelling catheter and severe peripheral vascular disease status post bilateral below knee amputations (BKAs) presented with watery diarrhea and nausea for 1 day. Both amputations were in the preceding four months. He required multiple rounds of antibiotics […]
Abstract Number: 477
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old man with heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and hereditary spastic paralysis was hospitalized with hyperkalemia to 7.7 mmol/L. He was admitted a month prior with heart failure and discharged on lisinopril with a new prescription for spironolactone. The patient had decreased appetite, limited oral intake, mild nausea, and no vomiting with […]
Abstract Number: 483
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old man with recently diagnosed HIV/AIDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) was admitted with 5-day history of fever, throat pain, headache, and dry cough. Six weeks prior to admission, the workup was notable for CD4 88 cells/µL and CT chest imaging with ground glass opacities consistent with PCP. He was initiated on […]
Abstract Number: 507
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year old Vietnamese man who has sex with men (MSM) with recent diagnosis of AIDS, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with 1 month of fevers associated with headaches, night sweats, anorexia, and diarrhea. He was born in Vietnam but moved to the United States 2 years prior to presentation […]
Abstract Number: 553
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: We present a 55-year-old male with a history of chronic constipation refractory to extensive bowel regimens, disimpactions and colonoscopies. Patient presented to the Emergency Department with 5 months of constipation and a history of long periods of constipation since birth, sometimes lasting a year. On exam, patient’s abdomen was distended with decreased bowel […]
Abstract Number: 598
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old male veteran presented with one-month history of intermittent left-sided abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and melena. Abdominal X-ray revealed small bowel obstruction. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast revealed multifocal masses involving proximal to mid-small bowel with small bowel obstruction secondary to the mass at the level of jejunal and […]
Abstract Number: 741
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old-female with past history of schizoaffective disorder on clozapine after failure of many antipsychotic medications for around 3 years got voluntarily hospitalized in a psychiatric facility for over 2 months and then presented to the acute care hospital with complains of fever, generalized fatigue and abdominal pain and admitted for SIRS […]