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Search Results for Pericarditis
Abstract Number: 812
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old woman with stage IV breast cancer presented with new onset abdominal pain, dyspnea on exertion, and fatigue causing her to present to our hospital. She denies chest pain currently but admits some in past 2 weeks. Denies palpitations, orthopnea, fevers, chills, recent illness, or exposures. CT abdomen showed an incompletely visualized […]
Abstract Number: 821
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old male with no past medical history presented to the emergency room with sudden onset chest pain, bradycardia, and hypotension. He described feeling chest “pressure” that led to shallow breaths. His pain was substernal, pleuritic, non-radiating, and associated with palpitations. He had mild relief when sitting up. Symptoms started that morning and […]
Abstract Number: 881
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 59 year old woman with a history of recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) not on therapy presents with substernal non radiating chest pain and right upper quadrant pain worsening with inspiration and dyspnea on exertion (DOE) for one week. Patient also reported dysphagia, dry mouth and Raynaud’s phenomenon. Exam showed normal vital signs […]
Abstract Number: 930
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Purulent pericarditis is rare in the post-antibiotic era. Even rarer is purulent pericarditis caused by Streptococcus Constellatus causing purulent pericarditis in an immunocompetent patient. Here we present a case of an immunocompetent patient who acquired this infection from an unknown source and deteriorated rapidly in spite of optimal medical therapy.A 68-year-old female presented […]
Abstract Number: 970
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient was a 37 year-old gentleman with history of recently diagnosed heart failure, hypertension, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma s/p chemotherapy and prior methamphetamine use who presented with chest pain. He reported a history of heart failure but had never had cardiac imaging. This diagnosis had been made clinically based on lower extremity edema. He had […]
Abstract Number: C31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 45 year old female with history of pulmonary embolism seven years ago not on anticoagulation presented with chest pain of 4 weeks. Chest pain was sharp, retrosternal, radiating to left upper extremity, neck & back. Chest pain was also positional, worse laying flat but improved on sitting up. It started 48-72 hours of […]
Abstract Number: L32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with COPD and prior lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation presented with three days of progressive dyspnea, malaise, and altered mental status. On admission, he was in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring BiPAP. The patient was unvaccinated against SARS-COV-2 and tested positive for the virus. He received dexamethasone and […]
Abstract Number: 1111
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 67 year old male with a past medical history of recurrent pericarditis, hypertension, psoriatic arthritis, and gout presented with diffuse chest pain. Patient stated that the pain was substernal, 10/10, sharp in nature, and non-radiating. Pain was aggravated by exertion and alleviated with rest, nitroglycerin and morphine. Pain was associated with shortness […]
Abstract Number: 1150
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 72 years old Caucasian male presented to the hospital with the complaint of generalized maculopapular rash involving the chest and bilateral upper and lower extremities with the itching for the last 12 hours. He also had been having diarrhea for the last 2 days which was loose watery in consistency and yellowish in […]