Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Thyroid Storm
Abstract Number: 490
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old-male with no significant past medical history who presents to the hospital with 2 months of progressive exertional dyspnea, palpitations and scrotal pain. He has also noticed some leg swelling and has a nonproductive cough. For the past 6 months, he has had ongoing diarrhea and unintentional weight loss of about 20 […]
Abstract Number: 549
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old man with untreated hyperthyroidism presented with two-week history of progressively worsening weakness and dyspnea along with a six-month history of unintentional 38 pound weight loss, diarrhea, and palpitations. Exam was notable for confusion, cachexia, diffuse thyromegaly, jugular venous distension, exophthalmos, thyroid bruit, bilateral rales, and tachycardia (HR to 150s). A transthoracic […]
Abstract Number: 586
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Introduction: Thyrotoxic crisis is rare and presents as a life-threatening exacerbation of hyperthyroidism. It can have a myriad of manifestations affecting multiple organ systems. The mortality rate is as high as 30% even with treatment. Thyrotoxic crisis is usually precipitated by acute illness, surgery especially on the thyroid, or radioiodine treatment of a patient with partially treated […]
Abstract Number: 594
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old female with unremarkable past medical history presented with a 3-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Vital signs were significant for temperature of 38.3 C and heart rate of 180 BPM. Physical exam revealed left-sided costovertebral angle tenderness. Laboratory studies were notable for total bilirubin 2.7 mg/dL, direct […]
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 38 year old lady with past medical history of recurrent kidney stones presented to the emergency department with a 1 day history of lethargy, confusion, and severe right sided abdominal pain. She was febrile with temperature of 38.9oC and tachycardic with heart rate of 168 bpm. She had leukocytosis of 13,000/ml and […]
Abstract Number: 796
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 29 year old female with no significant past medical history who presented to our hospital with an unintentional 60 pound weight loss over 3 months and 4 days of palpitations, shortness of breath, leg swelling, and orthopnea. Physical exam revealed 4+ pitting edema, tachycardia (130 beats/minutes) and jugular venous distention […]
Abstract Number: 813
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 48-year-old-female with the history of Diabetes Mellitus presented with the complain of feeling sick for four-day-duration, chronic diarrhea, and unintentional weight loss of 20 lbs. over a period of two weeks. She was hypotensive with blood pressure 83/42 mmHg, hypothermic with temperature 35 C, tachycardic with the heart rate of 132 and tachypneic […]
Abstract Number: K44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old female with unremarkable past medical history, presented to urgent care for two days of tachycardia, chest tightness, sore throat, and fever. She was found to be in supraventricular tachycardia with a heart rate (HR) of 180 bpm. Patient received adenosine 6mg and then 12mg with improvement of HR to 140 bpm. […]