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Search Results for Thyroiditis
Abstract Number: 444
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 44 yr old black male presented to ED with weakness, generalized bone pain, and swollen jaw bilaterally. Subsequently found to have a calcium level of > 19 and shortly admitted thereafter. 2 weeks prior he had battled acute COVID-19 with relatively minimal symptoms. Once in the hospital started on therapy with aggressive fluid […]
Abstract Number: 475
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to emergency room with complaint of palpitation, diarrhea, and heat intolerance. She was five months postpartum. She also complained of unintentional weight loss of 20lb after delivery. She denied fever, chest pain, abdominal pain, or sick contact. General examination including thyroid gland was […]
Abstract Number: 486
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 60-year old female with past medical history significant for diabetes, hypertension, and hypothyroidism presented with acute onset confusion progressing over the course of 5 hours. On exam, patient’s vitals were significant for an elevated blood pressure (179/104). She was only oriented to herself and showed no focal motor deficits, but did have […]
Abstract Number: 654
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female with AIDS presented with three weeks of headache, dry cough, odynophagia, vomiting, fatigue and weight loss. She had a history of cryptococcal meningitis requiring lumbo-peritoneal drain four years prior but was lost to follow up, with non-adherence to maintenance and antiretroviral therapy. She had normal vital signs and appeared […]
Abstract Number: 693
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This abstract discusses the inpatient care of a 74 year-old female who had three hospital admissions throughout 2022 with a detailed focus on the second admission. According to the patient’s discharge summary from her first admission, she was diagnosed with severe rhabdomyolysis (secondary to statin use) and acute renal failure requiring outpatient hemodialysis. […]
Abstract Number: 732
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man with type 2 diabetes was hospitalized with a two-week history of fatigue, sore throat, diarrhea, and 18-pound weight loss. In the ED, he was hypotensive and tachycardic, which improved with IV fluids. Physical exam was significant for bilateral posterior cervical lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. Labs showed leukocytosis (25.8K) with 18.2% lymphocytic […]