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Search Results for renal failure
Abstract Number: 94
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery occurs in 30% of cases with 1% requiring dialysis resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (“statins”) have been postulated to be of benefit in this population, however results from existing clinical studies have been inconsistent. Since there is abundance of evidence showing that short-term […]
Abstract Number: 108
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has demonstrated a range of presentations and outcomes affecting multiple organ systems. Acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and related outcomes vary widely according to early reports. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of AKI, AKI in the setting of chronic kidney disease […]
Abstract Number: 273
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Troponin is a big molecule, with its fragments not readily cleared by impaired renal function or during dialysis [1]. Oftentimes diagnosing myocardial injury/infarction (MI) is challenging in patients with ESRD due to atypical clinical features coupled with indeterminate ECG changes [2], and elevation of troponin levels with lower PPV [3]. In this study, we […]
Abstract Number: 332
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 61 years old man with a history of metastatic rectal carcinoma T3 N0 M1 underwent neoadjuvant & adjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX along with resection of rectal tumor. One year later he had recurrent liver & sacral metastases for which he was started on FOLFIRI and bevacizumab with completion of 1 cycle of […]
Abstract Number: 341
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old morbidly obese woman with history of sarcoidosis with annual cutaneous flares was admitted for extensive non-healing, necrotic ulcers on her lower extremities. Three months prior to presentation, the patient developed open ulcers on her legs which she attributed to a typical sarcoid flare. She later developed diffuse body malaise and dark […]
Abstract Number: 413
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A man in his 70s with a history of hypertension, CAD, and diabetes presented to the ED with severe bradycardia, nausea, vomiting, and weakness. EMS had administered atropine en route to the ED. His EKGs in the ED showed a junctional rhythm with obliterated p waves and ventricular escape complexes, and labs showed […]
Abstract Number: 452
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 65 y/o M with a history of Diabetes and Coronary Artery disease, but in his usual state of health presented with a five day history of malaise, productive cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills and rigor. Initial presentation and diagnostic studies were consistent with multi-lobar pneumonia and acute on chronic renal failure but […]
Abstract Number: 504
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman presents with fever and malaise after recently traveling abroad. Her history is notable for right ovarian cystectomy the prior year for a dermoid cyst with the postoperative course complicated by septic shock, respiratory failure requiring intubation, tracheostomy, and renal failure requiring temporary dialysis. She was eventually decannulated and her renal […]
Abstract Number: 507
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and morbid obesity with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in 2009 presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and was found to have choledocolithiasis and acute cholecystitis. She was admitted to the surgery service and underwent ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Her post-op course was complicated by […]
Abstract Number: 568
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with history of heavy tobacco use, presented to the emergency department with intermittent watery nonbloody diarrhea for 4 days, associated with worsening confusion and decreased urine output. He denied recent traveling or sick contacts. On examination he was found to be febrile (102.6F), hypertensive, tachycardic (102bpm) and tachypneic (22rpm) and […]