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Abstract Number: 973
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old woman with a history of polysubstance abuse and recent e-cigarette/vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) presented to the Emergency Room (ER) at a rural medical center with Acute Respiratory Failure and Altered Mental Status (AMS). Pt was 3 months post-partum. Past medical history included chronic migraine headaches and Grave’s disease. […]
Abstract Number: 980
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 65-year-old male with chronic alcoholism, hepatitis C, prior GI bleed, and coronary disease was found unresponsive for unknown duration and was evaluated in the ED for alcohol intoxication. Patient was admitted to the hospitalist service for acute encephalopathy, acute renal failure, and alcohol withdrawal. Vital signs were stable on admission and laboratory studies […]
Abstract Number: A49
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with essential hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism and MGUS presented to Wheeling Hospital complaining of weakness, dyspnea on exertion and right lower extremity pain for two weeks. Patient was treated for a right gastrocnemius DVT, acute SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and pulmonary emboli in right middle and lower lobe pulmonary artery branches with smaller […]
Abstract Number: D26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: The patient is a 53-year-old female with a past medical history of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), asplenia, hypertension, hepatitis C, patent foramen ovale with closure, and multiple strokes who presented to our institution with a three-day history of dysequilibrium and nausea. The patient’s TTP was initially diagnosed at 19 years of age during […]
Abstract Number: F10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: COVID-19 cases first emerged in China in December 2019. An air of fear and anxiety engulfed the globe as it rapidly spread across borders affecting the entire human race. Media outlets started reporting information containing rising death tolls and horrific visuals generating a global hysteria(1). Stress is a well-known trigger for acute coronary syndromes […]
Abstract Number: F31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female awoke one morning to thirty minutes of right sided weakness and slurred speech prompting hospital admission for stroke. Treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for colitis diagnosed two days ago was continued in hospital. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain MRI revealed infarctions in multiple vascular territories involving bilateral cerebral […]
Abstract Number: H28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 56-year-old woman presented with fluctuating sensorium for 5 days and left side weakness of one day duration. She has past medical history of hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia. Her home medications included levothyroxine and atorvastatin. She received two doses of mRNA-1273 vaccine, with first dose being around 12 weeks before presentation and second dose 8 […]
Abstract Number: H31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old female with past medical history of hypertension, recent intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in the left cerebellar hemisphere with subsequent craniotomy, and newly found 6.5 mm aneurysm in the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) was directly admitted for an elective diagnostic cerebral angiogram to further evaluate her aneurysm. At baseline, patient was alert […]
Abstract Number: I27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old white male with a history of prior MI (at age 37) presented to ED with left-sided weakness, facial droop, and decreased left-arm sensation. He did not have a history of obesity, hypertension, smoking, excess alcohol consumption, or hyperlipidemia but had a family history of a sister who had a stroke in […]
Abstract Number: L39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old man presented to ED with sudden onset weakness on left hand. He denied fever, dizziness, headache, and similar symptoms in the past. He doesn’t take any medication. He had upper respiratory symptoms two weeks ago and resolved. He has not received influenza and COVID-19 vaccine. Examination showed diminished power (4/5) in […]