Meeting
Abstract Number: 749
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 59 year-old male with a history of Castleman’s Disease, anemia, hypothyroidism, hypertension, CKD3 and neurogenic bladder who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) from the Hematology clinic for abnormal labs, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury. In the ED patient was febrile and hypotensive. He received empiric antimicrobials […]
Abstract Number: 753
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 25-year-old female was transferred to our hospital with fever and systemic inflammation refractory to prednisolone treatment. Two weeks prior to the transfer, she was admitted to another hospital on account of fever, thrombocytopenia, elevated alkaline phosphatase level and hepatonephromegaly on CT scan. No peripheral edema, pleural effusion, ascites or lymphadenopathy […]
Abstract Number: 834
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Japanese woman with no significant medical history presented to a primary care physician with a four-week history of fever and coughing. She had also developed fatigue and peripheral edema and was therefore admitted to another hospital. On presentation, her body temperature was 37.5℃, pulse was 98 beats per minute, blood pressure […]