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Search Results for Pericardial effusion
Abstract Number: 418
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with history of hypertension and Covid-19 illness seven months ago presented to the ER complaining of left flank pain for the past six days.Pain was described as sharp, constant, initiating on his left flank and radiating to the upper abdomen. He denied dysuria, hematuria, fevers, sick contacts, or trauma. No […]
Abstract Number: 470
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is very common. Despite the relative frequency of pericarditis and pericardial effusions which occur in more than 50% of SLE patients, cardiac tamponade is rare and is seen in less than 3%. Additionally, there have been no consistent reliable predictors of tamponade development in such patients. We report […]
Abstract Number: 473
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is a multifaceted autoimmune disorder characterized by a myriad of clinical manifestations, including but not limited to fatigue, joint pain and swelling, and malar rash. Although a common cardiac manifestation of SLE is pericarditis, often accompanied by pericardial effusion, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is not […]
Abstract Number: 531
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 43 year old male with a past medical history of stage 4 chronic kidney disease, hypertension treated with Minoxidil, former smoker, was initially diagnosed 9 years prior with presumed viral small pericardial effusion that remained stable on follow-up with serial echocardiograms. He presented with dyspnea and chest tightness with exertion, orthopnea, paroxysmal […]
Abstract Number: 567
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old woman presented with one week of palpitations and dyspnea on exertion. Her medical history was remarkable for a pericardial effusion of unknown etiology two months prior, treated with pericardiocentesis in Guyana. On presentation she was hemodynamically stable. Exam was significant for distant heart sounds and decreased breath sounds at the […]
Abstract Number: 588
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An otherwise healthy 69-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea on exertion and anasarca following out-patient transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) demonstrating a large pericardial effusion and early signs of cardiac tamponade based on exaggerated mitral inflow velocity with respiration. Physical exam revealed jugular venous distension and a […]
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: This is the case of a 57-year-old lady with rapidly progressive stage IV pulmonary adenocarcinoma who presented two months after diagnosis with findings of significant hyponatremia. Upon admission, she was afebrile, hypotensive and tachycardic. Sodium was 119 mEq/L, potassium 2.4 mEq/L, chloride 67 mEq/L, serum osmolality 246 mosm/kg, urine osmolality 684 mosm/kg and […]
Abstract Number: 631
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, multiple strokes with residual left sided deficit, and chronic kidney disease, who presented with altered mental status (AMS) after losing consciousness for 20 minutes during which family noticed left sided facial droop and dysarthria. The patient denied chest […]
Abstract Number: 641
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: The patient is a 31 year old male with a medical history of HIV on antiretroviral therapy who was seen in the emergency department for chest pain and dyspnea, then discharged after a negative cardiac workup. He re-presented two days later with worsening chest tightness, dyspnea, and vomiting. On examination, the patient was […]
Abstract Number: 681
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with medical history of resected melanoma presented to our hospital with fatigue and exertional dyspnea of 1-week duration. He was found to have complete heart block and a large pericardial effusion. A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted, and pericardial drain was placed. The pericardial fluid was negative for malignancy and […]