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Abstract Number: 74
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Most cases of pneumonia in older people are aspiration pneumonia,[1] and the prognosis among patients hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia is very poor.[2] After being hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia, a certain number of patients become unable to take orally, and some chronic conditions are reported to be negatively associated with the retrievement of oral intake.[3] […]
Abstract Number: 105
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: In Japan, a “super-aged” society, the rate of end-stage dysphagia in the elderly is increasing. Artificial hydration and nutrition (AHN) can be used for such patients, although it may not improve mortality or quality of life. The many downsides of AHN are not always well explained to patients and their families, resulting in routine […]
Abstract Number: 865
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 41-year male with prior history of hypogonadism presented 11-days after positive COVIDtest with shortness of breath and no prior Covid vaccination. On presentation, patient wastachypneic with breathing rate 32/minute and was observed to be in acute hypoxic respiratoryfailure with oxygen saturation <50%, arterial blood gases showing Ph-6.93, partial pressure ofoxygen-53mmHg, and carbon-dioxide-85mmHg. […]
Abstract Number: 888
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old female with history of 70 pack years smoking, chronic hip pain, GERD, COPD presented to the ED with a 6 months complaints of diffuse pruritic skin rash associated with progressive facial swelling, fatigue and muscle weakness. She had been seen multiple times in the Dermatology clinic and punch biopsy revealed perifollicular […]
Abstract Number: F37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with mantle cell lymphoma status post chemotherapy 1 week prior presented to an outside emergency department with generalized weakness. Initial laboratory workup revealed hemoglobin of 8.8 g/dL, platelet count of 3 × 109/L, creatinine 5.55 mg/dL and bicarbonate 7 mmol/L (Table 1). Rectal exam showed brown stool, however fecal occult […]