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Abstract Number: 477
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 66-year old woman, with a history of renal transplant for diabetes related end-stage renal disease, was admitted to the hospital by her transplant team, for significantly abnormal serum creatinine level of 8.6 mg/dL from her baseline creatinine value of 1.6 mg/dL. Of note, she underwent cystoscopy by urology 2 weeks prior for […]
Abstract Number: 619
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: AH is a 74-year-old male with end stage renal disease, who received a living donor renal transplant in 6/2013. Following transplant AH had immediate graft function. His maintenance immunosuppression was tacrolimus and prednisone. Post transplant course was notable for the development of glomerulopathy, resulting in CKD III, complicated by chronic hyperkalemia, in part […]
Abstract Number: 624
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old-male with history of diabetes type 1 and renal transplant on immunosuppression presents with 2 weeks of weakness, anorexia, and cough. Initial exam revealed temperature 102.8 but was otherwise normal. He was started on empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics. Two days after admission, he was found obtunded and dysarthric. He suffered an aspiration event […]
Abstract Number: 629
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We report here a case of high output heart failure (HOHF), a rare but potential complication of Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a post-renal transplant patient.A 60-year-old male with end-stage renal disease and subsequent renal transplant 3 months ago presented with exertional dyspnea, worsening anasarca, and weight gain of 20 pounds. The patient also […]
Abstract Number: 680
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman with a remote history of renal transplant complicated by stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented to the emergency room with a week history of progressive fatigue, fever, dry cough and exertional dyspnea. Outpatient medications were tacrolimus 2.5mg BID, mycophenolate mofetil 500mg BID, prednisone 5mg daily, and vitamin D 1000 […]
Abstract Number: 702
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with a history of migraines and a renal transplant presented to the ED with diffuse headaches and photophobia. He was treated with Ganciclovir and Doxycycline for positive HHV6 and Lyme disease, respectively. His MRI was negative for intracranial abnormalities but, CSF showed elevated protein and glucose. A repeat LP a […]
Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old woman woman presented after multiple episodes of seizure. She had no prior history of seizures or alcoholism. The patient had a deceased donor renal transplant 6 months prior complicated by persistent right perinephric fluid collection treated with long term piperacillin-tazobactam therapy. Attempts to obtain microbiology were unsuccessful and patient was started […]
Abstract Number: 811
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old male with history of end-stage renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in addition to severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy was determined not to be a candidate for kidney transplant in the United States due to his cardiac co-morbidity, and subsequently traveled to Nigeria to receive a kidney transplant from a living relative. […]