37-year-old Transgender Man with Fevers, Dysuria, and Sudden Decompensation

INTRODUCTION: Patients in the emergency department may experience sudden decompensation despite initially appearing stable. CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old transgender man presented to the emergency department (ED) with several months of fevers, myalgias, and weight loss. The patient acutely became...

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Autores principales: Fleming, Emily R., Gatz, J. David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
Materias:
Clinocopathological Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926666
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.4.45956
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description INTRODUCTION: Patients in the emergency department may experience sudden decompensation despite initially appearing stable. CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old transgender man presented to the emergency department (ED) with several months of fevers, myalgias, and weight loss. The patient acutely became febrile, tachycardic, and hypotensive after an initially reassuring assessment in the ED. DISCUSSION: This case takes the reader through the differential diagnosis and work-up of the decompensating patient initially presenting with subacute symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-74342882020-08-20 37-year-old Transgender Man with Fevers, Dysuria, and Sudden Decompensation Fleming, Emily R. Gatz, J. David Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Clinocopathological Cases INTRODUCTION: Patients in the emergency department may experience sudden decompensation despite initially appearing stable. CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old transgender man presented to the emergency department (ED) with several months of fevers, myalgias, and weight loss. The patient acutely became febrile, tachycardic, and hypotensive after an initially reassuring assessment in the ED. DISCUSSION: This case takes the reader through the differential diagnosis and work-up of the decompensating patient initially presenting with subacute symptoms. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7434288/ /pubmed/32926666 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.4.45956 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Fleming et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_full 37-year-old Transgender Man with Fevers, Dysuria, and Sudden Decompensation
title_fullStr 37-year-old Transgender Man with Fevers, Dysuria, and Sudden Decompensation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434288/
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