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Search Results for Pulmonary Edema
Abstract Number: 294
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Lung ultrasound (LUS) is emerging as a useful diagnostic tool for several lung pathologies including pulmonary edema. The number of sonographic B-lines on LUS has been used as a test to detect pulmonary congestion in patients with chronic heart failure. However, its ability to detect elevated left-sided filling pressures relative to accepted noninvasive measure […]
Abstract Number: 634
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 47-year-old male with past medical history of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and mild asthma presented with shortness of breath during a double red cell donation (DRCD). DRCD is a procedure where two packs of whole blood are taken from a donor, and plasma is separated from them, this plasma is then transfused back to the […]
Abstract Number: 702
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: The patient is a 59-year-old male with chronic heart failure found to have cardiac sarcoidosis and subsequently treated inpatient with high-dose steroids. In addition, computed tomography imaging revealed pulmonary nodules. Due to a suspected infection, empirical antibiotics and antifungals were administered, however, treatment failed to clear the nodules. Further, weeks of antibiotic therapy […]
Abstract Number: 720
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 77F with COPD, CAD, HFpEF (50%), scimitar syndrome, pHTN, pAfib, type V long QT syndrome, SSS s/p ablation, TIA, and a recent mechanical fall with left pubic ramus fracture and subdural hematoma with recent discharge from acute rehabilitation center presents to the emergency room after a witnessed, mechanical fall at home due patient’s […]
Abstract Number: 754
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old woman with a history of Anxiety, Depression and Endometriosis presented for outpatient Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pelvis with contrast for evaluation of chronic pelvic pain. Her medications included Alprazolam, Bupropion, Minoxidil, Sertraline and Ethinylestradiol/Levonorgestrel, with known allergies to Penicillin, Sulfa antibiotics and Shellfish. She fasted for four hours and took Alprazolam […]
Abstract Number: 757
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Radiation associated cardiac disease (RACD) is an important adverse effect which may not present until years to decades following therapy. Presentations include arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and valvular pathologies, as seen in this presentation. A 50-year-old female with past medical history of breast cancer treated with chemo-radiation eight years prior presented […]
Abstract Number: 871
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 87 year old female with history of Left ventricular non-compaction(LVNC), HFrEF with EF25-30%, CAD, hypertension, hyperlipidemia presented with acute dyspnea. She denied chest pain, palpitation, lightheadedness. Exam revealed tachycardia, tachypnea and hypoxia, saturating 70% on RA, but no signs of volume overload with baseline chronic lower extremity edema. Her laboratory data showed […]
Abstract Number: 1049
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the hospital with several days of fatigue and shortness of breath. His vitals were initially stable, and labs showed a hemoglobin of 4.2 (normal 13.5—17.5), white blood cell count WBC 20.1 (4.5—11.0), and platelet count 43 (160—420), BNP 617 (0—900 pg/ml). He received one unit of packed red […]