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Search Results for Sickle cell
Abstract Number: 760
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old woman with sickle cell HbSS disease presented due to acute encephalopathy in the setting of recent admission for diffuse urticarial rash treated with steroids and diphenhydramine. She was found to be hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic with development of fever soon after presentation. Chest x-ray showed left basilar opacities. She was intubated […]
Abstract Number: 771
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 46 yo man with chronic pain due to T8-T10 compression fractures from renal osteodystrophy related to tertiary hyperparathyroidism in the setting of end-stage renal disease from sickle cell nephropathy had recurrent prolonged admissions due to uncontrolled pain to the point where the patient was unable to perform his activities of daily living. Traditional […]
Abstract Number: 875
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old Black transgender woman receiving cross-sex hormone therapy (CSHT) with a PMH of multiple hospitalizations for HbSS sickle cell disease (SCD) complicated by acute chest syndrome, chronic left upper extremity DVT, and painful vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) was admitted for acute back and leg pain. She described the pain as constant, sharp, 10/10 […]
Abstract Number: 883
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 29 year-old woman with sickle cell disease (SCD) on hydroxyurea and L-glutamine, and mild intermittent asthma presented to our institution with right lower extremity and back pain suggestive of a vaso-occlusive crisis. She did not report fever, cough or dyspnea. Vital signs revealed a heart rate of 91/min, blood pressure of 126/86 […]
Abstract Number: I41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman with sickle cell SC disease (HbSC) was admitted to the hospital for respiratory support after testing positive for COVID-19. Four days prior to presentation, the patient developed subjective fever, cough, shortness of breath, substernal non-radiating chest pain, thigh and back pain. Her medical history included prior vaso-occlusive episodes, though no […]
Abstract Number: K42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old African American man with history of methamphetamine use disorder, hypertension, and stuttering priapism presented with 2 weeks of painful priapism. Over the past 3 months, the patient had 4 other episodes of priapism lasting 1-4 days that were treated with multiple corporeal aspirations and intracavernous epinephrine injections with temporary relief. He […]
Abstract Number: N42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old woman with sickle cell trait and recent history of preeclampsia, pregnancy loss, and deep vein thrombosis presented to the emergency room with right upper quadrant pain. The pain was new, rated ten on a ten-point severity scale, and non-radiating. She also endorsed progressively worsening cough over several months and new, right-sided […]
Abstract Number: 1171
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 17yo female with sickle cell disease (SCD; HbSS genotype) presented with pain crisis and acute chest syndrome. She was treated with appropriate antibiotics (ceftriaxone/cefdinir and azithromycin). During the first few days of her hospitalization, she required 2 pRBC transfusions for down trending hemoglobin (Hb) and low reticulocyte count. On hospital day 11, […]