Meeting
Abstract Number: 445
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old female with a history of CAD, hypertension, and asthma presented to the ED with fatigue, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and decreased urine output for three days. She recently returned from Southern France where she had overexerted herself in the heat. She was ill-appearing. Vital signs and exam were normal. Significant labs/imaging: Na […]
Abstract Number: 593
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This patient is a 74-year old male with CAD, HFpEF, HTN, Type 2 DM, CKD3, and obesity admitted for sepsis secondary to bilateral lower extremity purulent cellulitis, complicated by acute decompensated heart failure. He was started on cefepime 2 g twice daily and on vancomycin (vanco), dosed daily by level. After receiving only two doses of vanco 1g, the patient was found to have persistently elevated […]
Abstract Number: 696
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of developmental disability and hypothyroidism who presented from a nursing home with fatigue and cough for three days. The patient was found to have a left upper lobe consolidation on chest x-ray consistent with pneumonia. Labs revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis. He was started […]
Abstract Number: M43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old woman with no medical history presented with eight weeks of nausea, vomiting, and fevers. Six weeks prior to admission she had a positive monospot test, positive EBV IgG, and negative EBV IgM. Two weeks prior, she developed cyclical fevers, night sweats, and weight loss. She presented to the ED due to […]