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Abstract Number: 547
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male healthcare worker with a past history of splenectomy secondary to EBV complications, mild persistent asthma, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia. He quickly progressed to septic shock with worsening hypotension, tachycardia, lactic acidosis, increasing oxygen demands, and […]
Abstract Number: 547
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36 year old female presented to our hospital with septic shock following an elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy performed in Mexico. She had undergone the procedure four months earlier, which she tolerated well, returning to her home in the United States four days later. Her post-operative course had been characterized by numerous complications, […]
Abstract Number: 550
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year-old Singaporean man with no past medical history presented with two weeks of fevers and abdominal pain. Five months prior to admission, the patient traveled to Singapore. Two weeks prior to presentation, he had an episode of sharp, right-sided abdominal pain accompanied by emesis. He continued to have intermittent fevers, chills, […]
Abstract Number: 572
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman with a history of HTN and ESRD due to preeclampsia now on hemodialysis presented to the hospital for two days of weakness, confusion, and fever. Notably, she had a recent history of blood cultures growing Acinetobacter for which she had received a course of antibiotics. Blood cultures taken at dialysis […]
Abstract Number: 602
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 53 yo female presented with a subacute syndrome of intermittent fevers, fatigue, heliotrope rash, weight loss, fingertip necrosis, and nodular skin lesions. Skin biopsy was positive for septal and lobular granulomatous panniculitis. Serology was positive for antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-ribonucleoprotein (RNP), negative for other vasculitis and rheumatologic autoantibodies. She was diagnosed […]
Abstract Number: 602
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that can cause infections following bites or scratches from domestic animals. We present a case of an older adult who was admitted for sepsis secondary to Pasteurella multocida bacteremia after numerous cat bites and scratches. A 76-year-old man with a past medical history notable for PVD, CKD […]
Abstract Number: 620
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 53 year old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the ED with hyponatremia and elevated LFTs after a week of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient had a previous drinking history of a 12-pack of beer per day, denied IV drug use and any recent travel outside of Texas. Determined […]
Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 71 year old man with history of multiple sclerosis and gout (on Methylprednisolone) presented with weakness. Patient was diagnosed with a UTI on a recent hospital admission for fever and weakness. He improved on IV antibiotics and was discharged home to complete a 7-day PO course, but returned 9 days later after […]
Abstract Number: 622
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 51- year old male with a past medical history of cirrhosis due to sarcoidosis, was admitted with worsening left lower extremity pain and swelling for two days. He remembered a pop in his left leg two days ago after performing squats followed by severe left lower extremity pain the morning after. Additionally, […]
Abstract Number: 623
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 53 year old man with uncontrolled diabetes type 2, hypertension, obese, stage III chronic kidney disease, chronic lower extremity edema with venous stasis, and recurrent lower extremity cellulitis was admitted to a large Quaternary medical center with 2 days of fever, chills, left lower extremity swelling, redness and pain. Started when he […]