Meeting
Abstract Number: 116
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Researchers across the globe have continued their effort in identifying important risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. Patient demographics including age, race, gender, and certain chronic medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure have been identified as the important risk factors for severity. To simply the risk stratification process, the CHA2DS2-VASc […]
Abstract Number: 464
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 57-year-old male, with history of recurrent idiopathic hypothermic episodes, HFrEF on carvedilol, T2DM on no medication for 3 months, and stage 4 CKD, presented to the ED for altered mentation. Vitals were unremarkable except for hypothermia (86.4°F). Patient was hypoglycemic (62 mg/dL). WBC count was low (1.26 10^3/uL). Urine WBCs were elevated (31-50/HPF). […]
Abstract Number: 579
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with repeated urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, and hypertension over the course of 3 years. She denied other symptoms. She reported an uneventful C-section delivery, 3 years earlier also, of her first and only pregnancy, that coincidentally was followed by the onset of the […]