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Abstract Number: 480
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with history of bilateral degenerative hip joint disease presented for worsening serosanguinous drainage from his wounds one week after bilateral hip replacement. He further developed diaphoresis and chills and received cephalexin at an outside hospital from where he was later discharged. He did not have improvement from antibiotics and his […]
Abstract Number: 484
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease status post 5-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting and subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention, essential hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) presented to the hospital with a 4 month history of chronic progressive abdominal pain and diarrhea with a 70 pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: 485
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old African American male with chronic intermittent low back pain of several weeks presented with sudden-onset severe low back pain and inability to bear weight or ambulate. Prior to his hospitalization, he had a few urgent care visits, where he was diagnosed with back pain of muscular origin and was discharged home […]
Abstract Number: 495
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 19-Year-old ,African American, female with significant medical history of hypertension, Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus, presents with chest pain for 24 hr. Pain was sub-sternal, pressure like,7/10,radiating to right arm and in between the shoulder blades, persistent ,precipitated by drinking alcohol the night before ,associated with Shortness of breath and palpitations. Patient had a history […]
Abstract Number: 497
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of hypertension, mild hypercalcemia, ESRD on hemodialysis, and pulmonary fibrosis status-post right lung transplant 6 years prior presented with acute on chronic diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea for 7 months. She had no recent hospitalizations, antibiotic use, or sick contacts. She was seen multiple times in […]
Abstract Number: 502
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV, poorly adherent to antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented with a 1-month history of worsening lower back pain. Pain was described as 10/10 in intensity, radiated to upper back, unrelieved by Ibuprofen, aggravated by lying flat and associated with a frontal headache. He denied fever, […]
Abstract Number: 511
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 55-year old female with no reported past medical or surgical history presented for evaluation of sharp epigastric pain radiating into her lower abdomen. The pain began two days prior upon awakening with associated bloating. She also reported nausea worsened by food but denied vomiting. Her last bowel movement was one day prior […]
Abstract Number: 525
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 60-year-old African American male with history of polyarticular tophaceous gout, chronic back pain related to DDD, HTN, CKD stage III, HIV on HAART, COPD presented with worsening back pain of 1-week duration associated with progressive lower extremity weakness and inability to walk. Low back pain was noted as sharp, stabbing in nature radiating […]
Abstract Number: 526
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 87-year-old female presented with chronic low back pain for one month and a new onset fever for 2 days. Patient denied recent travel history, sick contact, chest pain, shortness of breath, urinary symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or weight loss. She denied lower extremity weakness, sensory abnormality, urinary or bowel incontinence, gait disturbance or […]
Abstract Number: 535
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old male with a history of Factor V Leiden and BPH presented with three weeks of worsening left flank pain accompanied by intermittent fevers and fatigue. He also endorsed a history of persistent fevers a few months ago which resolved without treatment. The patient immigrated 30 years ago from rural Italy, and […]