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Abstract Number: 401
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old female with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with chief complaint of diarrhea for several days. Her diarrhea was watery, non-bloody, greenish in color, and occurred hourly. She had associated nausea, vomiting, and right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain. She denied recent travel, consumption of unusual foods, and knowing anyone […]
Abstract Number: 417
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman with no PMH presented to the emergency department (ED) with persistent fever for six days. Patient had dry cough and low grade fevers with one spike to 40oC. After four days of symptoms, patient began azithromycin without relief. One day prior to presentation, patient was discharged from ED for presumed […]
Abstract Number: 462
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old man with no known past medical history presented with a one week history of nightly fevers to 38.8-39C. Two weeks prior to presentation, he spent the weekend at Fire Island in Long Island, NY at a log cabin where he had a BBQ dinner. One day later he experienced severe abdominal […]
Abstract Number: 506
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1c = 18.1%) presented with one month of worsening pleuritic chest pain, productive cough and 10-pound weight loss. He denied any gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, including diarrhea or abdominal pain. He worked as a clinical nursing assistant. Patient denied any recent international travel, animal […]
Abstract Number: 516
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 34 year old lady with AML presented with diarrhea of 2 days duration and was found to be positive for Salmonella on GI PCR, which was subsequently confirmed on stool culture.She was started on Ciprofloxacin for treatment and discharged. Returned 2 days later with resolved diarrhea but was febrile and now found to […]
Abstract Number: 604
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37 year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of abdominal pain and jaundice. The patient stated that 3 days prior to presentation, he awoke with severe intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with a yellow discoloration of his skin and sclera. […]
Abstract Number: 640
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 83 year-old female with history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with altered mental status for the past 2 days. Family reported patient to have a low impact fall, 2 weeks prior. In route, patient was noted to be febrile at 101.7˚F. Upon arrival, vitals were stable. Patient was found to […]
Abstract Number: 664
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Caucasian male with a recent history of transaortic valve replacement three months ago was admitted to the hospital with a history of malaise, and 20 pounds of weight loss in 2 months—no history of diarrhea, fever, vomiting or skin rash. Notably, the patient had multiple admissions for septicemia with salmonella species […]
Abstract Number: 667
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old male presented with chest pain and a diarrheal illness. He complained of intermittent chest pains which began two weeks prior, described as retrosternal, aggravated by lying down and improving on sitting up. One week following this, he started experiencing fevers, chills along with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Given persistent high […]
Abstract Number: 701
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 70 year old male with psoriatic arthritis on infliximab, hypertension, and chronic low back pain complained of three weeks of intermittent fevers, headaches and worsening back pain after returning from the Dominican Republic. He reported contact with a box turtle and a non-traumatic bird bite but denied sick contacts. In addition to […]