Meeting
Abstract Number: 828
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 38 year old Hispanic male was admitted to the hospital with a four day history of fever, headache, shortness of breath and intermittent left forearm and abdominal rash. All signs and symptoms appeared during the administration of vancomycin and ceased after a few hours of finishing the infusion. His history was significant […]
Abstract Number: 855
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female with a history of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with central nervous system involvement presented with fever, chills, and tachycardia six days after completion of scheduled intrathecal and systemic chemotherapy. Three weeks prior, an intraventricular catheter for administration of intrathecal chemotherapy had been placed without complications. Following the most recent […]
Abstract Number: E25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56 year old female patient with past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2 presents to the emergency department with a 1 day history of fever and confusion. Vitals showed a temperature of 101.4 F, heart rate at 112 beats per minute, blood pressure at 136/73. Initial lab work was […]
Abstract Number: J41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old Hispanic male with a history of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) presents with subjective fever of three-day duration after one week of induction chemotherapy with fludarabine, cytarabine, filgrastim (FLAG), and venetoclax. Otherwise, the patient denies cough, shortness-of-breath, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or dysuria. Vitals signs showed a temperature of 37.6C, pulse of 87, […]