Meeting
Abstract Number: 545
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department (ED) with acute onset generalized weakness, nausea, emesis, diarrhea, fever, and dyspnea approximately 2.5 hours after taking a combination pill of losartan-hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). The patient reported that he had been prescribed losartan-HCTZ 50-12.5 mg […]
Abstract Number: 700
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: An 80 year old man in ESRD receiving peritoneal dialysis who had suffered several days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea came to his nephrologist after his dialysate became a yellow, milky color. The nephrologist cultured his peritoneal fluid, and gram positive cocci in clusters were seen on gram stain. He underwent treatment with […]
Abstract Number: 855
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female with a history of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with central nervous system involvement presented with fever, chills, and tachycardia six days after completion of scheduled intrathecal and systemic chemotherapy. Three weeks prior, an intraventricular catheter for administration of intrathecal chemotherapy had been placed without complications. Following the most recent […]