Meeting
Abstract Number: 660
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 75 year old with non-alcoholic cirrhosis, heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and recurrent abdominal abscesses presented with platypnea orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) following diuresis. His oxygen saturation was 100% when lying flat and 78-80% when upright. Trans-esophageal echocardiogram confirmed a sinus venosus defect (SVD) with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) of right […]
Abstract Number: 699
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital with dyspnea in the sitting and standing positions. Two months prior to her admission, she had presented to another hospital with multiple vertebral compression fractures. After being discharged from the hospital, she developed dyspnea in the sitting and standing positions. She also reported an episode […]
Abstract Number: 706
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old woman with history of untreated hyperthyroidism presents to the emergency room with an outpatient abnormal ECG showing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. At the time, the patient was complaining of palpitations, weight loss, heat intolerance, tremors, and dyspnea on exertion. Initial vital signs were pertinent for tachycardia, with an […]
Abstract Number: F26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man with known history of class III obesity (body mass index 43), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and insulin dependent diabetes presented to the emergency department with bilateral lower extremity swelling and dyspnea on exertion of two weeks duration. Pertinent vitals included blood pressure 161/74 mmHg, heart rate 99 beats per minute, and saturation […]