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Abstract Number: 328
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 73 year-old female with a history of recurrent DVT’s on Warfarin, microscopic polyangiitis and ulcerative colitis status post total colectomy initially presented with altered mental status. Lab workup revealed acute renal failure for which she underwent intermittent hemodialysis. Due to a suspicion for microscopic polyangiitis relapse, the patient was started on steroids. […]
Abstract Number: 376
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old Hispanic male with relapsed refractory IgD-kappa plasma cell myeloma on 5th line salvage chemotherapy and remote high-grade invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma / prostatic adenocarcinoma status post cystoprostatectomy three years prior was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a fall and sepsis secondary to cellulitis. The patient reported that he noticed […]
Abstract Number: 469
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 11 y/o M presenting with 2 months of worsening headache and 2-3 days of rapidly progressive blurry vision. Patient initially presented to his school nurse after complaining in class of blurry vision. He was seen by a local optometrist and then transferred to the emergency department for further evaluation. Ophthalmologic evaluation in the […]
Abstract Number: 484
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 37 year old lady with history of metastatic colon cancer on chemotherapy presented with mild right sided abdominal and severe right thigh pain which began 4-5 hours prior to her presentation. She denied any preceding trauma, cough, dysuria, hematuria or any change in her bowel habits but she had associated fevers and nausea. She had her […]
Abstract Number: 486
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history of hypersensitivity pneumonitis/bronchiolitis, coronary artery disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia was admitted for uncontrolled pain. Myalgias and fatigue were present for a month following a tick bite and shingles. He was treated with doxycycline 100mg twice a day for 14 days and valacyclovir 1g three times […]
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old woman with history of non-small cell lung cancer status post chemoradiation five years ago presented with acute onset of diffuse muscle weakness and swelling in bilateral forearms and legs, with a “woody” texture on palpation but without fluctuance. BP and HR were normal, but she had recurrent fevers as high as […]
Abstract Number: 494
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man presented with dyspnea, wheezing and productive cough. He was hypoxemic and a chest radiograph revealed a left lower lobe infiltrate and he was admitted with a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease exacerbation and pneumonia. His troponin was mildly elevated and he was started on a heparin infusion. The intravenous line infusing […]
Abstract Number: 508
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old white male with a history of Factor V Leiden, deep vein thromboses (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), atrial fibrillation, and hyperthyroidism on warfarin therapy for 12 years presented to the emergency department (ED) with acutely worsening, bilateral, black, necrotic ulcerations of his lower extremities with associated edema, purpura, and progressive sloughing of […]
Abstract Number: 553
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old female with a history of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during pregnancy and dementia presented with dyspnea and acute hypoxemia. Shortly thereafter, she developed persistent fevers and acute encephalopathy. Initial testing, including lumbar puncture, chest x-ray, multiple blood cultures, urine cultures, respiratory cultures, and RPR were all unremarkable. CT head was […]
Abstract Number: 558
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 46-year-old male from Guyana with a history of type-2 diabetes mellitus who presented with cellulitis of his left foot. He is a rice farmer working in brakish water environments and had sustained a laceration on the left medial surface of his foot. Five days prior to admission, […]