Meeting
Abstract Number: 416
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 30 year old woman with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, episodes of alcoholic hepatitis and pancreatitis, was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital for a liver transplant evaluation. On admission, she had a MELD score of 33. The patient was not a candidate for liver transplant due to […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 59 yo Caucasian male presented from an outside hospital (OSH) with primary complaint of “leg abscesses” of 1 wk duration. Patient was afebrile, vital signs stable and in no acute distress complaining of painful “leg abscesses.” PMHx significant for recurrent scrotal cellulitis for the past few years, but was improving when the leg […]
Abstract Number: 661
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man presented with 5 weeks of progressive right lower extremity ulceration associated with pain, swelling, erythema, fevers, and diaphoresis. Initially, outpatient providers diagnosed patient with cellulitis following minor trauma and complicated by chronic venous stasis. Medical history included poorly-controlled insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrillation on warfarin, recurrent venous stasis ulcers, […]