Meeting
Abstract Number: 484
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with no past medical history presented with chief complaint of generalized weakness, fatigue, headache, loss of appetite and intermittent fever and chills for 5 days. On arrival to the ED, his vitals were notable for temperature was 102.3F.. Labs notable for a hemoglobin 12.5 g/dL, platelets 55×109/L, sodium 128 mmol/L, […]
Abstract Number: 649
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Lyme disease (LD) is caused by the Ixodes tick-borne infection with spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi [1]. LD is most commonly reported in the Northeastern and upper Midwestern United States [2]. It is divided into three stages. Early localized, stage 1, with Erythema Migrans (EM) bull’s eye lesion present in 70-80% of patients [1], within […]
Abstract Number: 704
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with a history of nonverbal seizure disorder on lamotrigine presented to the Emergency Department, after being found down. The patient endorsed multiple episodes of syncope in the past 24 hours. Immediately preceding each episode, he felt an electric sensation on the left side of his head associated with what he […]