Meeting
Abstract Number: 471
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 38 year-old-male with cirrhosis from hepatitis B and C complicated by recurrent ascites, previous spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), and recurrent hepatic hydrothorax requiring transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt presented with two days of increasing dyspnea at rest. He had recently been nonadherent with SBP prophylaxis and diuretics. Laboratory findings revealed leukocytosis of 17,500k/uL, […]
Abstract Number: C45
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old woman with cryptogenic cirrhosis complicated by a previous episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, recurrent bilateral hepatic hydrothorax, hepatic encephalopathy, and esophageal variceal bleeding presented with a three-day history of dyspnea. Her oxygen saturation was 90% on room air, but the remainder of her vital signs were within normal limits. A chest […]