Meeting
Abstract Number: 538
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old male with no known medical conditions presented to the emergency department with acute right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath, which began abruptly while he was playing video games at home. He described the pain as sharp, radiating to the back, 7/10 in severity, and worse with coughing and inspiration. He […]
Abstract Number: 650
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old man was admitted to the inpatient medical service with worsening cough and dyspnea. He also reported progressive muscle weakness and myalgias over the past several weeks. His past medical history was significant for tobacco use, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and obesity. On admission, he was hemodynamically stable and afebrile with mild tachypnea […]
Abstract Number: 757
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 62-year-old female with a past medical history of breast cancer diagnosed one-year prior status post lumpectomy, adjuvant radiation, and letrozole, who presented to the hospital with a 1.5 month history of cough, night sweats, fevers, and weight loss. She reported the cough was initially productive of yellow […]
Abstract Number: 885
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 56 year-old female teacher presents with 1-week history of shortness of breath. She noted progressive shortness of breath on minimal exertion over the past week. She denied associated pedal edema, orthopnea, epistaxis or chest pain. She noted associated cough with white frothy sputum and subjective chills. She denied rashes, exposure to sick […]