Meeting
Abstract Number: 811
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old male with history of end-stage renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in addition to severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy was determined not to be a candidate for kidney transplant in the United States due to his cardiac co-morbidity, and subsequently traveled to Nigeria to receive a kidney transplant from a living relative. […]
Abstract Number: 826
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: This is a 32 year old male with no pertinent medical history who presented to the emergency department with complaints of headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, fevers and chills for 4 days. The patient also admits to generalized weakness and poor appetite. The patient denies any chest pain, dyspnea, shortness of breath. The […]
Abstract Number: 829
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A healthy 43-year-old Caucasian male who recently traveled to East Africa was presented to the emergency department with a high-grade fever (105.3F), and myalgia. He denied taking malaria chemoprophylaxis. On presentation, he was febrile, hypotensive, and tachycardic. He appeared to be ill, and toxic with no palpable organomegaly. His initial blood tests revealed […]
Abstract Number: J44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male presented with three-day history of fever with chills, headache, and emesis. His prior medical history was significant for splenomegaly with thrombocytopenia of unclear etiology for several years. He had recent travel throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. He also noted remote travel to East Africa, China and Chile […]