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Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with a medical history of morbid obesity presented to a rural hospital with a one-week history of extreme fatigue, malaise, jaundice, and anorexia. Her initial vital signs were unremarkable. Physical exam revealed a distressed-appearing woman with diaphoresis, scleral icterus, jaundice, and lower extremity edema. Laboratory findings revealed significant elevation of […]
Abstract Number: 760
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and a surgical history of cholecystectomy for gallstone pancreatitis six years ago presents with right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and skin yellowing for one day. Over the prior eight months, the patient had experienced intermittent episodes of RUQ abdominal pain that self-resolved in minutes. […]
Abstract Number: 819
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with new onset jaundice. He also endorsed a constellation of symptoms for several months including weight loss, progressive fatigue, frequent headaches, decreased appetite, daily nausea with occasional emesis, and dark urine. He was not taking any […]
Abstract Number: 828
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old healthy Hispanic male presented to the hospital for evaluation of fever and sore throat for 4 weeks. He had no significant past medical history and he was not on any medications. His vital signs were within normal limits. Physical exam revealed icterus and no hepatosplenomegaly. The remainder of the physical exam […]
Abstract Number: 838
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present the case of an 18-year-old female with no medical history presented to the emergency department with a two-day history of jaundice and dark-colored urine. She had no other typical symptoms of IM like sore throat, fever or flu-like symptoms. The only medication that she has been taking regularly is oral contraceptive […]
Abstract Number: 845
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20 year old female with two prior typhoid episodes, presented to the hospital with a three week history of epigastric pain. The patient returned from a one month trip to Bangladesh four weeks prior. She subsequently began experiencing squeezing epigastric pain, subjective fevers, yellow discoloration of her skin, and decreased oral intake. […]
Abstract Number: 878
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old female with recently diagnosed perihilar lung mass and liver lesions presented for evaluation of painless jaundice and transaminitis. Initial laboratory studies revealed a sodium of 129 mOsm/kg, elevated bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, lipase, and liver enzymes. Initial hyponatremia workup showed a serum osmolality of 279 mOsm/kg, urine osmolality of 118 mOsm/kg, and […]
Abstract Number: 891
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old male with a PMH of CAD, atrial fibrillation and BPH presented to the ED due to night time vision loss and jaundice. Patient stated one month prior to presentation he noticed difficulty with vision at night while driving. One week prior to presentation, patient’s family noticed new-onset jaundice. Upon presentation, patient […]
Abstract Number: D28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old male with a history of untreated ulcerative colitis (UC) presented to the emergency department with a two-week history of jaundice, malaise, fatigue, right upper quadrant pain, and tan-colored stools. Vital signs were normal. Physical exam was remarkable for epigastric tenderness, sclera icterus and jaundice. Relevant laboratory findings revealed total bilirubin of […]
Abstract Number: G25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man presented with 3 weeks of intermittent fevers along with 3 days of epigastric pain and black stool in the setting of recent travel to the Poconos, Pennsylvania and Ecuador. While at his vacation home in the Poconos mountains, the patient spent time clearing away brush and ate cooked wild mushrooms […]