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Abstract Number: 665
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 65 year old female with a history of type one diabetes presented to an outside hospital with malaise, fatigue, and fever for two weeks. Her social history was notable for frequently participating in the interactive game of Geocaching in the outdoors of southeastern PA. On arrival she had severe sepsis with a […]
Abstract Number: 690
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old woman presented with severe neck pain and high fevers starting three weeks after spending a weekend in Burlington, Wisconsin. She had a wide breadth of symptoms including Bell’s palsy, shooting leg pain, arm weakness, tinnitus, jaw tightness, feeling like she had “sand in her eye,” and episodes of mental lucidity with […]
Abstract Number: 710
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: The patient is a 72-year-old male with a medical history of gout and hypertension who presented from an outside hospital with diplopia and muscle cramps. Per patient report, he was sitting at home watching TV when he started noticing double vision, followed by a pressure sensation around his left eye. He did not […]
Abstract Number: 728
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 84 yo female with a past medical history of HTN, HLD, GERD and reactive airway disease presented with acute shortness of breath and wheezing. Patient appeared anxious, with cyanotic lips and labored breathing. O2 sat on RA was 78%. Associated symptoms included vomiting, diarrhea and an urticarial rash. Patient was successfully treated for […]
Abstract Number: 746
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 81-year-old male presented in July with two months of recurrent fevers. He was initially hospitalized in early May for LLQ pain, diarrhea, and imaging findings consistent with diverticulitis and a small pericolonic abscess. He was discharged on ciprofloxacin and metronidazole with outpatient colorectal surgery follow-up. He required subsequent admissions in late May […]
Abstract Number: 780
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 81-year old healthy male from Upstate New York without significant past medical history presented as a transfer from an outside hospital with a 5-6 day history of fevers, malaise, vague abdominal pain, and worsening confusion. There was no travel outside of the local area in the previous six months. The patient was […]
Abstract Number: 816
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 46 year old man living in southwestern Maine with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity presented in late September with 2 days of numbness in the right foot that progressed to bilateral lower extremity weakness, numbness, and difficulty ambulating. Patient denied any recent illnesses, vaccinations, travel or known bites the month […]
Abstract Number: A40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a past medical history notable for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, peptic ulcer disease, gout, and depression presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of constant, sharp, epigastric abdominal pain. Preceding these symptoms, he experienced an episode of severe nausea, non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, diarrhea, and chills after eating […]
Abstract Number: C24
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 3-year-old female who recently returned from a bear-hunting trip in Idaho presented with a 4-day history of progressive ascending paralysis and hyporeflexia. Her symptoms initially started 4 days prior to presentation with difficulty walking and progressed to difficulty urinating and eventual upper extremity weakness. The family did not seek medical care until […]
Abstract Number: F24
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A four-year-old previously healthy, vaccinated female presented with severe, acute-onset ataxia. She was in her usual state of health until the day prior to presentation, when she was picked up from school and reported feeling like she was going to fall. She continued to develop progressive unsteadiness and experienced several falls throughout the […]