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Search Results for renal disease
Abstract Number: 893
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Addison’s disease, or primary adrenal insufficiency, is a rare disorder of glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid deficiency caused by adrenal cortex dysfunction or destruction. Since the disease gradually progresses with nonspecific symptoms, patients are often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late. Consequently, patients receive delayed treatment and are at increased risk for Addisonian crisis, which continues to […]
Abstract Number: B26
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old woman with a history of congenital renal dysplasia complicated by end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis, chronic macrocytic anemia, and malnutrition with folate, vitamins B12 and A deficiencies, presented with fatigue, dyspnea, and new rash. One week prior to presentation, the patient started experiencing progressive dyspnea on exertion. At her […]
Abstract Number: B30
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 29-year-old woman was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease of unknown etiology and initiated on daily peritoneal dialysis. Patient reported poor compliance with this treatment regimen and, five months later, presented to the emergency department with non-productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. She was found to have left upper lobe pneumonia […]
Abstract Number: D31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present an 80-year-old female with a medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. She underwent pulmonary vein isolation in 2017 and had reportedly been on flecainide 150 mg twice daily and atenolol 100 milligram twice daily since then. She presented to the emergency department with dyspnea […]
Abstract Number: H36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 41 year-old female with a history significant for end stage renal disease (ESRD) secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) on peritoneal dialysis for two years, uremic pericardial effusion with pericardiocentesis three years prior, and polyarticular gout on allopurinol presented as a transfer from an outside hospital for evaluation due to concerns for […]
Abstract Number: O10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: We aimed to represent the effects of SARS Co V -2 on kidney functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients of varied baseline GFR values staged into renal categories of one to five. Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study using data of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with acute kidney injuries. Demographic characteristics, clinical […]
Abstract Number: O47
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 42-year-old female with a past medical history of end stage renal disease from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on hemodialysis for the past four years, presented to her cardiologist with worsening dyspnea on exertion and a feeling of “increased fluid in her lungs”. An outpatient transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was obtained, which showed a normal […]
Abstract Number: 1114
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with a history of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) due to Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) status post cadaveric kidney transplant one year ago presented with acute rejection of the transplanted kidney, likely due to medication non-compliance. Renal biopsy demonstrated that the kidney was no longer salvageable, and she was started […]