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Abstract Number: 981
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old female with adult-onset Still’s disease (AoSD) refractory to methylprednisolone and who had been recently started on anakinra 2 months prior to hospitalization was admitted with 2 weeks of fatigue, nausea, diffuse pruritis, jaundice, and intermittent fevers and rash. Exam was notable for jaundice and salmon-colored rashes on her trunk and back. […]
Abstract Number: A49
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with essential hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism and MGUS presented to Wheeling Hospital complaining of weakness, dyspnea on exertion and right lower extremity pain for two weeks. Patient was treated for a right gastrocnemius DVT, acute SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and pulmonary emboli in right middle and lower lobe pulmonary artery branches with smaller […]
Abstract Number: B29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with past medical history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse presented to the ED with suicidal and homicidal ideations, and hallucinations. He tested positive for COVID-19 at an outside hospital a week prior to presentation. He endorsed subjective fevers and productive cough with non-bloody sputum and denied dyspnea, chest […]
Abstract Number: B34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with type II diabetes presented to the hospital with 3 weeks of oral ulcers involving the left buccal region with spread to the palate and tongue. He also reported odynophagia, poor oral intake, and 40-lb weight loss. He had not responded to outpatient amoxicillin, fluconazole, and nystatin swish and swallow. […]
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 […]
Abstract Number: C27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 32 year old male presented to the emergency department unresponsive. Three months prior he had developed urinary incontinence, cognitive impairments, paresthesias in his extremities and weakness requiring crutches. His symptoms progressed leaving him bed bound weeks prior to arrival. EMS was contacted when he became unresponsive to verbal-noxious stimuli and exhibited difficulty […]
Abstract Number: C44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]
Abstract Number: D25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old man with past medical history of recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented to our hospital with numbness of the lower extremities for two weeks. The patient stated the numbness had progressed from his right leg to his left leg. He also mentioned having urinary and fecal retention. He denied any recent […]
Abstract Number: D31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present an 80-year-old female with a medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. She underwent pulmonary vein isolation in 2017 and had reportedly been on flecainide 150 mg twice daily and atenolol 100 milligram twice daily since then. She presented to the emergency department with dyspnea […]
Abstract Number: D41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man with a history of hypertension and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) two months prior presented to the emergency department (ED) with five days of fever, malaise, vomiting, and diarrhea. He tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) three days prior and received monoclonal antibody infusion the day prior […]