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Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with history of illicit drug abuse presents with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) and Torsades de Pointes (TdP). He was previously in a methadone program but was dismissed due to methadone abuse. He then started significant amounts (144 tablets; 288 mg) of loperamide to achieve euphoria. He presented to the ED […]
Abstract Number: 684
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old male with a medical history of left-occipital stroke and alcohol use disorder presented with progressively worsening dizziness & weakness of his extremities ongoing for six months. The complaints were associated with numbness of fingertips and toes with gait instability resulting in repeated falls. He correlated the symptoms with starting baclofen (taking […]
Abstract Number: 706
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68 year-old woman with a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and intra-abdominal abscess for which she was treated with ceftriaxone and metronidazole for six weeks, presented to the emergency department with slurred speech and ataxia. CT head showed no acute hemorrhage, infarction or other intracranial disease […]
Abstract Number: 712
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Two brothers aged 12 and 16 were referred to the ED from clinic for acute worsening of symptoms in the setting of known mercury exposure. In the preceding six months, both had experienced waxing and waning of non-specific symptoms, including musculoskeletal pain and paresthesias, urinary urgency, non-bloody diarrhea, body aches, night sweats, generalized […]
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: IntroductionMost cases of mushroom ingestion are benign with fatalities being rare. Symptoms range from acute gastro-enteritis to psychotropic manifestations that are usually self-limiting. Our case highlights a unique case of mushroom poisoning fatality The Case 72 y.o F Korean visitor to NE USA presented with acute onset of emesis, diarrhea, abdominal pain and […]
Abstract Number: 723
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Four years after kidney transplantation a 65 year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and no psychiatric history is referred to the hospital by her primary care physician to evaluate altered mental status. She was successfully maintained on tacrolimus with stable trough levels. During the preceding three months she had developed progressive symptoms […]
Abstract Number: 730
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 64-year-old man with history of schizoaffective disorder, hypertension, cigarette smoker (quit recently) was admitted to the hospital with acute onset recurrent falls in the last 2 weeks. Medications include buspirone 10mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, metoprolol 50 mg, clozapine 450 mg. He had hypotension on presentation, which improved with fluids. Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension persisted […]
Abstract Number: 776
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 61 year-old female presented with nausea, vomiting, and upper abdominal pain 18 hours after ingesting local wild mushrooms. Initially, her physical exam was benign, including a normal abdominal exam. Her laboratory results were unremarkable and vital signs were stable; however, she was unable to tolerate oral intake, and was thus admitted for […]
Abstract Number: 781
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A middle-aged man with a history of heart failure and atrial fibrillation presented to the hospital with subacutely worsening dyspnea. He had hypoxemia, crackles on pulmonary auscultation, and diffuse airspace opacities on chest radiograph. Admission was requested for presumed exacerbation of heart failure. Upon closer examination, he no edema or elevated jugular venous […]
Abstract Number: 795
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 75-year-old white male presented to the Emergency Department with a 2-day history of gait disturbance, flailing bilateral upper extremity movements, and confusion. His wife stated that his symptoms had been occurring for the past 1 month and acutely worsened over the past several days. For the past year, he had been evaluated […]