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Abstract Number: 456
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Observations units commonly serve as an intermediate stage between the emergency department and inpatient hospitalization where patients of appropriate acuity are managed, however many observation units exist serving diverse patient populations ranging from peripartum or post-op surgical. Patients in observation units typically have lower-acuity health concerns and have an average length of stay of […]
Abstract Number: 518
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 35 year old woman, diagnosed with biopsy proven sarcoidosis, developed a complex clinical course over time. She started experiencing recurrent watery diarrhea, accompanied with abdominal pain and generalized weakness. Physical exam revealed thin chronically unwell female, with BP of 115/76 | pulse 94 | temperature 97.7 °F (oral) | respiratory rate 16/minute | […]
Abstract Number: 532
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old man without significant medical history presented with constipation and weight loss of 25 pounds in 2 months. A digital rectal examination revealed a fungating mass in the rectum. CT abdomen/pelvis showed the presence of a large intraluminal rectal mass measuring 6.8 X 5.8 X 6.3 cm with no evidence of metastasis. […]
Abstract Number: 619
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22 year old man with no past medical history presented to our emergency department with three weeks of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. He also reported subjective fevers, hematochezia, hematemesis, oral ulcers, gum bleeding, dark colored urine and 30 pound weight loss over the past month. The patient was not forthcoming with […]
Abstract Number: 621
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old African American man with a past medical history of alcohol use disorder, treatment naive chronic hepatitis C infection, and epilepsy presented with left flank pain without urinary symptoms. A non-contrast abdominal CT scan did not show renal pathology but showed compression fracture the L1 vertebra with paravertebral soft tissue and stranding. […]
Abstract Number: 841
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 59 year-old man with a 30 pack-year smoking history was sent to ED from retina clinic for further workup of recurrent left eye uveitis refractory to steroids. He had a 2 month history of persistent left eye central vision loss and floaters, without right eye issues or systemic symptoms. He had negative […]
Abstract Number: A41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Vietnamese female with history of H. pylori who presented with worsening nausea, vomiting, epigastric abdominal pain and early satiety. Patient reported her epigastric pain had been intermittent for the past six months but had acutely worsen in the last two weeks. There were no initial inciting events that triggered these symptoms. […]
Abstract Number: D14
SHM Converge 2022
Background: United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends clinicians provide smoking cessation counseling and interventions to all smokers and lung cancer screening with low dose CT scan for high-risk individuals. We aimed to determine the prevalence of smoking cessation counseling and lung cancer screening rate at the residents’ clinic and implement a multimodal plan to […]