Meeting
Abstract Number: 309
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman with a history of anxiety presented with one week of diffuse abdominal pain, associated with constipation, decreased oral intake, nausea, and bilious emesis three times a day. She was admitted to an outside hospital one month prior with similar symptoms and treated for pneumonia. The patient lives alone and denied […]
Abstract Number: 552
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a medical history significant for transurethral resection of bladder tumor and lung adenocarcinoma presented with diaphoresis and subjective fever 4 days after undergoing an uncomplicated aortic extension cuff placement for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient was hemodynamically stable. Labs notable for leukocytosis of 18.4X10E9 cells/liter. CT abdomen demonstrated […]
Abstract Number: 639
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of jaundice, intermittent abdominal pain, hip pain, and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for ankylosing spondylitis. She was on chronic immunosuppression with prednisone, Plaquenil and Infliximab. Initial evaluation was remarkable for abnormal liver function and thrombocytopenia (Table 1). The […]
Abstract Number: 782
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 59 year old man with a history of polycystic kidney disease status post renal transplant presented with a fever. He reported a fever up to 103F, in addition to night sweats and diarrhea. Initial labs were significant for marked transaminitis (ALT/AST 2180/1449 U/L). Work-up of his acute liver injury revealed a significant […]