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Abstract Number: 934
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is a 30 year American Born, Middle Eastern male with PMH Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulsosis (AGEP) that comes into hospital with high fevers and diffuse pruritic rash. In January of 2019, the patient, while being treated for pharyngitis, developed a pruritic, pustular rash, after treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. He was diagnosed […]
Abstract Number: 947
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32 years of male with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) on immunosuppression presented with complaints of fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. His stool had many WBCs, C. diff was negative and CT of the abdomen revealed enterocolitis. His anaerobic blood culture bottles grew Salmonella group from the nonTyphi subtypes. Further history disclosed that he […]
Abstract Number: 962
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 65-year old man with a history of coronary artery disease, heart failure, and Crohn’s disease, who is a resident of northern Wisconsin presented with fevers, headache, and neck stiffness. Due to concern for meningitis, he was started empirically on Ceftriaxone, Vancomycin, Ampicillin, and Acyclovir. One day after initiation of therapy, he developed […]
Abstract Number: A29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 75 year old male with atrial fibrillation, osteomyelitis of the right first digit of the lower extremity on IV Vancomycin presented as a transfer from an outside hospital with 3 weeks of worsening pressured speech, delusions, insomnia, and a seizure like event. The patient was admitted for further work up and management […]
Abstract Number: D41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man with a history of hypertension and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) two months prior presented to the emergency department (ED) with five days of fever, malaise, vomiting, and diarrhea. He tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) three days prior and received monoclonal antibody infusion the day prior […]
Abstract Number: E27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 85-year-old female with a history of non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma on Ibrutinib is brought into the emergency department (ED) by ambulance for generalized, progressive weakness and recurrent falls. She was recently diagnosed with herpes zoster 2 weeks prior, on her right upper extremity and denies being started on any medication. She complained of […]
Abstract Number: E43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 78 year old previously healthy male presented to the hospital with 1 week of worsening confusion, shuffling gait, headache, and diarrhea. On admission, he was only oriented to person with no focal neurological deficits. Initial vitals were significant for a temperature of 49.2 oC. Imaging on admission including a chest x-ray, CT […]
Abstract Number: E44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 53 year old male Missouri resident with a prior history of intravenous drug use, traumatic subdural hematoma, seizure disorder and a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1990 presented to his local hospital in April with a 1 day history of fever and confusion. He was […]
Abstract Number: G10
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Since the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, ongoing research exploring risk factors and adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients has been conducted. This study examined common comorbidities observed in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and admitted to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y. The impact of these comorbidities on level of […]
Abstract Number: G36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis (on adalimumab, methotrexate, and prednisone) presented with a 3-day history of fatigue, severe asymmetrical weakness of the lower extremities (left > right), and painful vesicular rash spanning multiple dermatomes in the left > right lower extremities (Image 1). There was no evidence of myelopathy or meningismus on […]