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Search Results for Respiratory failure
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 75-year-old female with past medical history of obesity (BMI 31.7 kg/m2), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypothyroidism, was admitted to the hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patient tolerated the procedure without complications, however, post operatively, she was difficult to extubate due to hypercapnia of pCO2 of 100 mmHg in arterial blood gas. She was […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 23 year old male with history of 8 years of vaping presents with 3 days history of fever, tachypnea, diarrhea, nausea. On initial presentation he had signs of sepsis with hypoxia.Vitals: TMax – 102.7, PR – 119, BP 124/82, RR 28.Labs-WBC-14,800, N- 92%, L 1%, Hb 13.2, Platelets 276, Na 132, K – […]
Abstract Number: 757
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 62-year-old female with a past medical history of breast cancer diagnosed one-year prior status post lumpectomy, adjuvant radiation, and letrozole, who presented to the hospital with a 1.5 month history of cough, night sweats, fevers, and weight loss. She reported the cough was initially productive of yellow […]
Abstract Number: 825
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder with multiple psychiatric admissions was admitted to the hospital for sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia with associated chronic dysphagia and unintentional weight loss. He also reported suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and intrusive thoughts of hurting others. Per family he had […]
Abstract Number: 885
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old female teacher presents with 1-week history of shortness of breath. She noted progressive shortness of breath on minimal exertion over the past week. She denied associated pedal edema, orthopnea, epistaxis or chest pain. She noted associated cough with white frothy sputum and subjective chills. She denied rashes, exposure to sick […]
Abstract Number: B11
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Oxygen saturation (SpO2) is often overestimated in darker skinned individuals (1–3), but the ideal method to quantify this phenomenon and measure its impact on clinical outcomes is unclear. Studying the distributions of SpO2 may not be the appropriate method because these distributions are influenced by clinicians’ real time efforts to maintain SpO2 in a […]
Abstract Number: B29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with past medical history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse presented to the ED with suicidal and homicidal ideations, and hallucinations. He tested positive for COVID-19 at an outside hospital a week prior to presentation. He endorsed subjective fevers and productive cough with non-bloody sputum and denied dyspnea, chest […]
Abstract Number: F27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old otherwise healthy female was prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for a recurring, spontaneously draining vaginal mass below her urethra with inguinal adenopathy. 5 days after starting TMP-SMX, she developed a full-body rash, fever, myalgia, nausea, and a depressed WBC of 2.4 K/mcL. Possible drug fever was suspected and TMP-SMX was discontinued and covered […]
Abstract Number: 1249
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male presented with one week history of worsening delusional behavior and encephalopathy. His medical history included hepatitis C (in remission), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polysubstance abuse (cocaine, alcohol). Initial CT head revealed a hypodensity involving right temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes suggestive of acute infarction. Subsequent MRI brain revealed T2 […]