Meeting
Abstract Number: 743
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 25 year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department after he woke up with sudden onset weakness in his bilateral thighs and arms. He had history of heat intolerance, palpitations, dysphagia and weight loss of 40 pounds over last 3 months but denied any changes in skin, […]
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: 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. […]