Meeting
Abstract Number: 798
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 55 year old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department with two weeks of palpitations and chest pain. He experienced intermittent chest pressure and palpitations that were worse while lying down. He denied recent change in weight, skin changes, or SOB. He had a 45 pack-year smoking history, having quit two years [...]
Abstract Number: 909
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with a medical history of hypertension presented with vomiting of 5 days. Vomitus was non-bloody, non-bilious in nature and was associated with headache. The headache was sudden in onset, bifrontal, 8/10 on a numerical rating pain scale.Initial vitals were remarkable for BP of 68/54 mm Hg which improved to 94/55 [...]
Abstract Number: 0488
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man presented with 1 week of progressive fatigue and weakness. Upon arrival, he stated that he could not get out of bed, even to use the bathroom. Notably, he had undergone an infusion of carboplatin, pemetrexed, and pembrolizumab for treatment of lung adenocarcinoma 9 days before presenting. He attributed his symptoms [...]