Meeting
Abstract Number: 734
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: We present a case of 26-year-old female presented with acute ischemic stroke. She presented with altered mental status from Rehabilitation center. She has history of sickle cell and recurrent strokes in the past. Extensive prior work up for recurrent strokes was done and she was thought to have Moyamoya disease. Before this presentation, […]
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old African-American man with no medical history presented to the emergency department after an episode of sudden onset palpitations and left sided chest pressure lasting an hour. He endorsed radiation of his discomfort to his jaw and left arm as well as accompanying diaphoresis, shortness of breath and pre-syncope. Physical examination was […]
Abstract Number: 910
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old female with a one-year history of intermittent back pain who presented to an outside hospital with acutely worsened low back pain, and new onset left leg weakness, constipation, and urinary retention. She did not have health insurance and was unable to seek proper medical care. She had been told her pain […]
Abstract Number: B41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old female with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and SLE presented with acute substernal tightness associated with nausea and vomiting. She denied fever, chills, diaphoresis, or palpitations. Her EKG showed sinus rhythm with new T wave inversions in anterior leads. Troponin elevation was noted with a peak of 4.48. Echocardiogram showed normal […]