60-year-old Female with Edema

INTRODUCTION: Many patients present to the emergency department (ED) with nonspecific, acute-on-chronic complaints. It requires a thorough diagnostic approach and broad differential diagnosis to determine whether there is serious, undiagnosed pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old female presen...

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Autores principales: Cali, Nikki A., Falat, Cheyenne, Bontempo, Laura J., Gatz, J. David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
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Clinicopathological Cases From the University of Maryland
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36049202
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.4.57085
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author Cali, Nikki A.
Falat, Cheyenne
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Gatz, J. David
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description INTRODUCTION: Many patients present to the emergency department (ED) with nonspecific, acute-on-chronic complaints. It requires a thorough diagnostic approach and broad differential diagnosis to determine whether there is serious, undiagnosed pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old female presented to the ED for gradually worsening bilateral lower extremity swelling with associated abdominal distension, ascites, diarrhea, vomiting, and weight loss. DISCUSSION: This case takes the reader through the evaluation of a patient with acute-on-chronic complaints who presented in a decompensated state.
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spelling pubmed-94364912022-09-02 60-year-old Female with Edema Cali, Nikki A. Falat, Cheyenne Bontempo, Laura J. Gatz, J. David Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Clinicopathological Cases From the University of Maryland INTRODUCTION: Many patients present to the emergency department (ED) with nonspecific, acute-on-chronic complaints. It requires a thorough diagnostic approach and broad differential diagnosis to determine whether there is serious, undiagnosed pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old female presented to the ED for gradually worsening bilateral lower extremity swelling with associated abdominal distension, ascites, diarrhea, vomiting, and weight loss. DISCUSSION: This case takes the reader through the evaluation of a patient with acute-on-chronic complaints who presented in a decompensated state. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9436491/ /pubmed/36049202 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.4.57085 Text en © 2022 Cali et al https://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/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Falat, Cheyenne
Bontempo, Laura J.
Gatz, J. David
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title_short 60-year-old Female with Edema
title_sort 60-year-old female with edema
topic Clinicopathological Cases From the University of Maryland
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36049202
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.4.57085
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