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Abstract Number: 658
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A healthy 27 year-old woman G1P0 presented at 29 weeks gestation with three days of headaches, intermittent confusion, blurry vision, vomiting, and shortness of breath. Physical exam was remarkable for hypertension to 160/93, a Petechial rash on extremities without neurologic signs. CBC was notable for hemoglobin of 5.9, Platelets 11000 with many schistocytes. […]
Abstract Number: 987
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 20 year old woman with a history of astrocytoma of thoracic and lumbar spine status post resection with subsequent neurogenic bladder and bowel presented with acute encephalopathy following a viral illness. Initial workup showed acute kidney injury (creatinine 2.21 mg/dL), normal hemoglobin (12 g/dL), new thrombocytopenia (platelet 60 K/uL), and urinalysis suggestive […]
Abstract Number: B27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We describe a case of TTP that developed subsequent to diagnosis and empiric treatment of AML. The patient was a 71 year old male with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and stage III CKD who presented with a three-week history of fatigue, fevers, chills, and dyspnea. He was found to have […]
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: 1081
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, bipolar disorder, and daily alcohol use, presented with acute onset epigastric abdominal pain radiating to the back, nausea and vomiting. Physical examination was notable only for epigastric tenderness. Pertinent labs include neutrophilic leukocytosis, elevated lipase (2353 units/L) and lactic acidosis (2.4 […]