40-year-old Female with Sudden Onset Dyspnea

A 40-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) after the acute onset of dyspnea. The patient was tachypneic with accessory muscle usage and diffuse wheezing on initial examination. Despite aggressive treatment, the patient deteriorated and was intubated. This case takes the reader t...

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Autores principales: Kebort, Breanna M., Hong, Aleta J., Bontempo, Laura J., Dezman, Zachary D.W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Clinicopathological Cases from the University of Maryland
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560941
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49781
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description A 40-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) after the acute onset of dyspnea. The patient was tachypneic with accessory muscle usage and diffuse wheezing on initial examination. Despite aggressive treatment, the patient deteriorated and was intubated. This case takes the reader through the differential diagnosis and systematic workup of a patient presenting to the ED with dyspnea and arrives at the unexpected cause for this patient’s presentation.
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spelling pubmed-78726172021-02-12 40-year-old Female with Sudden Onset Dyspnea Kebort, Breanna M. Hong, Aleta J. Bontempo, Laura J. Dezman, Zachary D.W. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Clinicopathological Cases from the University of Maryland A 40-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) after the acute onset of dyspnea. The patient was tachypneic with accessory muscle usage and diffuse wheezing on initial examination. Despite aggressive treatment, the patient deteriorated and was intubated. This case takes the reader through the differential diagnosis and systematic workup of a patient presenting to the ED with dyspnea and arrives at the unexpected cause for this patient’s presentation. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7872617/ /pubmed/33560941 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49781 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Kebort 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560941
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