A 70-Year-Old Woman With Refractory Hypoxemia.
Aged
Cardiac Catheterization
/ adverse effects
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
/ methods
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foramen Ovale, Patent
/ diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms
/ diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
/ diagnostic imaging
Humans
Hypoxia
/ diagnosis
Intraoperative Complications
/ diagnosis
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
/ diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism
/ diagnosis
Radiography, Thoracic
/ methods
Syncope
/ diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
/ methods
Journal
Chest
ISSN: 1931-3543
Titre abrégé: Chest
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0231335
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
received:
31
08
2020
revised:
11
01
2021
accepted:
29
01
2021
entrez:
7
9
2021
pubmed:
8
9
2021
medline:
7
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A 70-year-old woman was transferred to our ED from an outside ED for hypoxemia. Three weeks earlier, an inpatient evaluation for syncope revealed a right intraventricular filling defect, multiple pulmonary nodules, pulmonary emboli, and a left breast mass. She underwent breast biopsy, was started on rivaroxaban, and was discharged with outpatient follow-up. She experienced progressively worsening dyspnea, prompting a return to the outside ED, where she was found to be severely hypoxemic and was intubated. Her medical history included diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, COPD, hypothyroidism, diastolic heart failure, and a 40+ pack-year smoking history.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34488965
pii: S0012-3692(21)00765-0
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.088
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e265-e268Informations de copyright
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