Meeting
Abstract Number: 613
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 24-year-old male with a family history of Antithrombin III (ATIII) deficiency and cerebral aneurysm. He was transferred to our hospital for management of syncope in the setting of a pulmonary embolism (PE). While at work as a landscaper, he felt lightheaded and diaphoretic. The following day, he syncopized, had bladder […]
Abstract Number: 847
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old woman with a medical history of asthma and hypertension presented with generalized weakness and poor oral intake. Initial vital signs showed heart rate of 108 beats/minute, blood pressure 146/77 mmHg, temperature of 105.5 F and respiratory rate of 15 breaths/minute. Admission labs showed a leukocytosis (78.56 K/uL cells) with blasts, thrombocytopenia […]