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Abstract Number: 889
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male with medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented to ER for right upper extremity swelling for 3 days. He reported a feeling of heaviness in his right arm and associated pain with movement. He denied any trauma, history of blood clots, or cancer and endorsed a family history […]
Abstract Number: 893
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Addison’s disease, or primary adrenal insufficiency, is a rare disorder of glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid deficiency caused by adrenal cortex dysfunction or destruction. Since the disease gradually progresses with nonspecific symptoms, patients are often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late. Consequently, patients receive delayed treatment and are at increased risk for Addisonian crisis, which continues to […]
Abstract Number: 904
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and […]
Abstract Number: 911
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 23-year-old female was admitted with thunderclap headaches of 2 days. She had a history of quadriplegia and autonomic dysreflexia from a remote cervical spinal cord injury and has been on midodrine for 2 years. She also reported blockage of the urinary catheter and experienced recurrent headaches when she attempted to flush the catheter. There […]
Abstract Number: 914
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 51-year-old female with a past medical history of end-stage renal disease on intermittent dialysis and a recent vitreous hemorrhage status post pars plana vitrectomy with endo-laser photocoagulation 2 days prior to admission, presented with post-operative severe bilateral eye pain, headaches, and fevers. She was diagnosed with acute angle-closure glaucoma in the left eye […]
Abstract Number: 934
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 30 year American Born, Middle Eastern male with PMH Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulsosis (AGEP) that comes into hospital with high fevers and diffuse pruritic rash. In January of 2019, the patient, while being treated for pharyngitis, developed a pruritic, pustular rash, after treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. He was diagnosed […]
Abstract Number: 952
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES) is a rare condition characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue inside the thoracic cavity. It consists of four distinct clinical entities: catamenial pneumothorax, catamenial hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with TES presenting as spontaneous hemopneumothorax. Patient is a 47-year old […]
Abstract Number: A14
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Hospitalist comanagement of surgical patients has become the standard of care for conditions such as hip fractures and has expanded widely to involve numerous surgical disciplines. While hospitalist comanagement has demonstrated improved patient outcomes, its impact on hospitalist satisfaction is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hospitalist experience and satisfaction […]
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: A48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old patient with a history of esophageal cancer status post esophagectomy six years prior with neo-esophagus creation and chemotherapy currently in remission, was admitted for upper tract gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) demonstrated several non-bleeding gastric ulcers. Given stability and resolution of the bleeding, the patient was discharged home. Later that […]