Meeting
Abstract Number: 590
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old female with hypertension and diabetes presented to the hospital with a one-day history of non-positional, left-sided chest pain associated with shortness of breath and subjective fevers. Physical exam and vitals were unremarkable. Work up included three negative troponins, EKG in normal sinus rhythm (Figure 1), and D-Dimer of 1100 ng/mL. […]
Abstract Number: 683
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male patient with a history of intravenous drug use was transferred from an outside hospital after initial presentation with persistent fevers, episodic flushing and swelling in right hand and forearm. Workup at the other hospital included blood cultures positive for unspeciated yeast, and a transthoracic echocardiogram with normal ejection fraction (65%) […]
Abstract Number: 844
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old non-smoker male with a past medical history of hypertension presented to the hospital with worsening left-sided chest pain for 2 days. The chest pain was intermittent and associated with exertion. The patient denied any fever, cough or recent illnesses.On exam patient was slightly hypertensive with blood pressure 154/96, pulse rate of […]
Abstract Number: L32
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with COPD and prior lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation presented with three days of progressive dyspnea, malaise, and altered mental status. On admission, he was in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring BiPAP. The patient was unvaccinated against SARS-COV-2 and tested positive for the virus. He received dexamethasone and […]