Meeting
Abstract Number: 709
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 62-year-old male admitted following new onset generalized tonic clonic seizure lasting 5-6 minutes witnessed by mother. Per EMS on scene, he was agitated and required ketamine and midazolam while on route to the hospital. Upon admission, he was hemodynamically stable with physical exam only remarkable for raised maculopapular rash extending from the left […]
Abstract Number: 754
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old female with history of hypertension, fibromyalgia, systemic lupus erythematosus, radiculopathy, anxiety disorder, and childhood varicella presented to an outside hospital for new onset altered mental status. She was diagnosed with acute non-hemorrhagic stroke of the right occipital lobe and anterior right frontal lobe without known cause or findings suggestive of vasculitis […]
Abstract Number: 816
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman with no significant medical history initially presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with an itchy rash on her left thigh that developed over a week. The only preceding event was visiting a water park with her children two weeks prior. She denied other exposures, traumas, recent travel, or sick contacts. […]
Abstract Number: G36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis (on adalimumab, methotrexate, and prednisone) presented with a 3-day history of fatigue, severe asymmetrical weakness of the lower extremities (left > right), and painful vesicular rash spanning multiple dermatomes in the left > right lower extremities (Image 1). There was no evidence of myelopathy or meningismus on […]