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Search Results for Necrotizing Fasciitis
Abstract Number: 134
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Necrotizing fasciitis, a severe bacterial infection, poses significant health challenges with varied outcomes across different demographic groups. This study examines the gender and racial disparities in the incidence of complications, length of hospital stay, and healthcare costs associated with necrotizing fasciitis, focusing on key outcomes such as mortality, hemodialysis, hospital length of stay, and […]
Abstract Number: 482
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 28-year old healthy female was admitted seven days post-operatively following Cesarean section for abdominal wound complications. On admission, she was septic; her scar was tender and erythematous with surrounding purple discoloration. Within a few hours, the edges of her scar turned dusky, extending well outside the originally marked boundaries. Aggressive debridement of […]
Abstract Number: 512
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female with a history of hypertension, depression, and alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department with right facial swelling and pain after biting her cheek the previous night. The patient first noticed a small, unconcerning “red bump” on her cheek that was minimally painful earlier that morning. She was admitted to […]
Abstract Number: 577
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 21-year old man presented with one day of scrotal swelling and pain. He developed sharp, throbbing pain after unprotected sex with a male partner a day prior. The pain had worsened over the last few hours. He was afebrile, normotensive and tachycardic. His scrotum was enlarged (> 25 centimeters) with well-demarcated erythema […]
Abstract Number: 753
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: The patient is a 54-year-old male with alcohol use disorder, HIV on antiretroviral therapy, and no history of diabetes, who presented with a 2-day history of painful swelling of the left upper and lower eyelids. After the first 48 hours, the patient developed purulent eye discharge and could no longer open his left […]
Abstract Number: B31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old male with a history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis presented with severe bilateral leg pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, after consuming raw oysters 36 hours prior to admission. Physical exam revealed an encephalopathic obese man with a temperature of 38.2oC, heart rate of 102 bpm, and BP of 85/50 mmHg. […]