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Search Results for Vasculitis
Abstract Number: 892
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: IgA Vasculitis, formerly known as Henoch-Shönlein Purpura, is a systemic vasculitis most often seen in children. We present a case of a 28 yo obese man who presented to his primary care physician with complaints of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and sore throat for twelve hours. He was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis and […]
Abstract Number: 895
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 19-year-old woman presented to the hospital for a persistent headache with photophobia, nausea, and vomiting that started one week prior. Previously, she was evaluated in the emergency department three times with a negative brain MRI with contrast as well as MRI angiography and venography. On admission, given lack of improvement, […]
Abstract Number: 902
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old female with a history of kidney transplant on immunosuppressive medications presented with worsening confusion and dysarthria for two days. She also reported headache, intermittent fever, and shortness of breath for one month before her presentation. On presentation, her temperature was 103 F, heart rate was 131 b/m, with normal blood pressure […]
Abstract Number: 907
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with a history of recurrent sinusitis, asthma, chronic nephrolithiasis, and open angle glaucoma from steroid use presented to the emergency department with new onset pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Over the last 10 years, he had experienced chronic sinusitis that was significantly decreasing his quality of life. The patient previously […]
Abstract Number: 912
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 71 year old Caucasian man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, stage III chronic kidney disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, sick sinus syndrome, and osteomyelitis of the right 2nd metatarsal s/p amputation, was transferred from an outside hospital for evaluation of rash and acute on chronic kidney injury. He first presented to the outside hospital for […]
Abstract Number: 912
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year-old man presented after experiencing fatigue and fever for two days. He complained of accompanying dyspnea with decreased exercise tolerance and new four-pillow orthopnea. He had a history of myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease status-post multi-vessel coronary artery bypass graft, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator […]
Abstract Number: 954
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old Columbian woman presented with 5 weeks of malaise, epistaxis, and hemoptysis. Physical exam was relevant for fever, conjunctival injection, hoarseness, coarse breath sounds, tachycardia, mononeuritis, trace lower extremity edema, and no stigmata of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Labs were significant for a creatinine of 2.8, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis of 992×103, and microscopic hematuria. […]
Abstract Number: 996
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man without significant medical history presented with two months of purpura over his lower extremities and abdomen, ankle pain, and two days of severe abdominal pain associated with vomiting and melena. His symptoms started following a respiratory infection. On presentation, he was afebrile with normal vital signs. Physical exam was notable […]
Abstract Number: A39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an […]
Abstract Number: H41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted for surgical resection of left fifth metatarsal due to osteomyelitis refractory to prolonged antibiotic use. Vital signs on admission were all within normal limits; significant lab values included ESR 79 mm/hr, CRP 7.07 mg/dL, and WBC 9.2 k/uL. Following surgical debridement and amputation, […]