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Abstract Number: 702
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 54-year old female was hospitalized for 3-week history of abdominal pain, chills, nausea and diarrhea. Her past medical history was significant for multiple self-reported antibiotic allergies, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass complicated by gastrojejunostomy leak, and prior perisplenic abscess requiring percutaneous drainage. On admission, blood pressure was 137/79, heart rate of 80, respirations 20, […]
Abstract Number: 703
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 76 year old male with non-Hodgkin lymphoma presented with shortness of breath and cough and was admitted with acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF). Last chemotherapy treatment was one month before presentation with rituximab, in addition to other agents. He had completed 2 out of 6 planned chemotherapy cycles. On physical exam, there were […]
Abstract Number: 721
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with history of a hip replacement complicated with MRSA s/p multiple revisions and sick sinus syndrome with pacer placed in 2004, presented to the ED with an “itchy rash most tender at the pacemaker site” where a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) within a TYRx envelope was placed two days […]
Abstract Number: 823
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A-28-year-old male with history of asthma and bipolar disorder presented to our hospital with a 10-day old, painful rash on bilateral lower extremities. History was significant for flea bites that occurred a day before the rash started. The rash started off as 3/10 petichae on both legs, but over 2 days it rapidly […]
Abstract Number: K23
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Chest pain is a common chief complaint among adult patients presenting to emergency departments. An assessment of chest pain management at the institution noted significant variability in provider treatment patterns for chest pain. While a NSTE-ACS protocol existed, there was varied use and inconsistent adoption. Review of pre-intervention data demonstrated that some emergency medicine […]