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Abstract Number: 622
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and history of cerebellar stroke syndrome secondary to a remote vertebral artery dissection presented for positional lightheadedness. Four months prior to presentation, he developed positional lightheadedness associated with standing that forced him to widen his gait for steadiness; these episodes […]
Abstract Number: 624
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Case 1 is a 55 year-old healthy man who was brought to the ER after co-workers witnessed him slump down while seated and lose consciousness for 30 seconds. The patient recalled feeling “uneasy” prior to the episode. There were no tonic-clonic movements or loss of bowel or bladder function. Upon awakening, the patient […]
Abstract Number: 646
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 63 year male with no significant cardiac history presented to our hospital due to attacks of severe right-sided throat pain for 5 weeks. The pain was described as “sharp” and “stabbing,” with each episode lasting five seconds. These attacks would come in waves, at times up to ten per hour. After these […]
Abstract Number: 659
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A middle-aged female with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and squamous cell cancer of oropharynx, presented to us for with syncope.In the six months prior to presentation, patient had had two admissions to the hospital for transient bradycardia leading to unresponsiveness. She had required brief round of CPR the first time, and IV epinephrine and intubation […]
Abstract Number: 667
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Patient is a 64 male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease who was experiencing two months of syncopal episodes with increasing frequency. Associated with these episodes were instances where he would wake up at night, face flushed and diaphoretic. He would also note bradycardia to the 30’s. He had an […]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A thirty-seven year old female with past medical history of hypertension presented with syncope and chest pain. The pain was non-exertional, substernal, pressure like, associated with lightheadedness, dizziness and shortness of breath occurring intermittently for past few days. Her father died from myocardial infarction at age forty-two and she smoked one pack per […]
Abstract Number: 694
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with alcoholic cirrhosis and type 2 diabetes presented to the hospital for 2 weeks of recurrent syncopal episodes. One year prior to presentation, he underwent EGD to work-up chronic intermittent nausea, abdominal pain, bloating, and heartburn; this was unremarkable. Colonoscopy showed non-bleeding internal hemorrhoids and few diverticula. One month prior […]
Abstract Number: 754
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 14-year-old male presented to the ED with history of a convulsive syncopal episode (third lifetime event). All syncopal episodes occurred with exertion and required cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Episodes were initially considered to be due to a seizure disorder and were treated with antiepileptic therapy (Keppra). Given event recurrence despite escalating doses […]
Abstract Number: 765
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with a past medical history significant for hypertension well controlled on carvedilol and left elbow fracture status post fixation 2.5 weeks prior presented to the hospital secondary to lightheadedness. Patient had been experiencing waxing and waning lightheadedness for 3 days, worse when standing from the seated position and walking. She […]
Abstract Number: 771
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with history of recurrent syncope and atrial fibrillation (AF) on warfarin presented to our hospital with headache. Within the last year, he had suffered several falls due to syncope, which resulted in serious injuries, including jaw fracture and subdural hematomas (SDH). He used alcohol and marijuana daily. Previous workup for […]