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Abstract Number: 55
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: In the US, the increase in pre-existing maternal conditions and aging of the maternal population has resulted in a shift towards indirect causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Indirect causes of morbidity and mortality result from previous existing disease or disease that developed during pregnancy and which were not due to direct obstetric causes, but which were […]
Abstract Number: 92
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Among Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) members, 40% are women, and most of them are assistant professors, which suggests that a significant proportion of hospitalists are women of childbearing age. The United States lags behind most other countries regarding support for working mothers and parental leave, but there is limited data to describe the […]
Abstract Number: 388
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 28 year old pregnant female G1P0 (31 weeks) presented with shortness of breath and fever. She was Covid-19 positive by PCR. We present a case of a pregnant woman with Covid-19. On admission she was hypoxic with oxygen saturation of 94% on 6 liters oxygen. Pulse 120-130, Temp 101 F. PE was […]
Abstract Number: 388
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 35 year old female with no significant past medical history developed fever late in the third trimester of her second pregnancy. The prior and current pregnancy had been uneventful. The fever was believed to be viral and she rested at home. After being seen by her OB with persistent fever, she was […]
Abstract Number: 443
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 21F PMH asthma initially presented to the ED with low grade fevers and URI symptoms. She was 29 weeks pregnant at the time. In the ED she was worked up and found to be Influenza positive with a consolidation suspicious for CAP. Pt initially admitted to the ICU for presumed sepsis secondary to […]
Abstract Number: 509
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old Dominican female, G3P2002, at six weeks gestation and no significant medical history presented with complaints of fever, headache, myalgias, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and diffuse abdominal pain for two days. She denied any recent travels, sick contacts, or any bug bites or ticks on her body. Patient is only allergic to penicillin […]
Abstract Number: 509
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old female, nonsmoker, G1P0 at 25 weeks, presented to the ED with left leg swelling. Ultrasound confirmed a left femoral DVT. CBC and CMP were unremarkable. She started enoxaparin 80mg twice daily and followed with OB/GYN. Her hypercoagulable workup showed a prolonged aPTT and DRVVT, which corrected with mixing, indicating absence of […]
Abstract Number: 539
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 31 year old primigravida African American woman who presented to her post-partum follow up clinic visit two weeks after Cesarean section delivery of a preterm live infant at 29 weeks. She was found to be in hypertensive emergency (220/120 mmHg), with complaints of acute diffuse abdominal pain, […]
Abstract Number: 608
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 22 year-old G1P1000 pregnant woman at 24 weeks presented with hypertensive urgency and newly diagnosed intrauterine growth restriction in the setting of pre-eclampsia. On admission her physical exam and laboratory data were unremarkable. The patient was admitted to maternal fetal medicine for closer fetal monitoring. On hospital day (HD) 9 she began […]
Abstract Number: 643
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 20-year-old, nine weeks pregnant female attempted suicide by hanging. Following CPR for fifteen minutes she had a spontaneous return of the circulation. Myoclonic jerks and generalized seizures secondary to anoxic brain injury were noted. Two days later, her brainstem reflexes were absent. Transcranial Doppler revealed no blood flow and she was declared brain […]