10 results for “pleuritic chest pain”
51y · Male·Pericardial tamponade complicating Type I aortic dissection in the setting of lo…
…ark Gordon, 51, presented to Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department on 20 March 2015 with sudden onset chest pain. Initial assessment suspected acute coronary syndrome with elevated troponin. Over 36 hours he experi…
72y · Male·ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery disease
A 72-year-old man with hypercholesterolaemia and obesity presented to the ED with chest pain and atrial fibrillation. Initial ECG showed no acute changes. Clinicians pursued a pulmonary embolus …
36y · Male·morphine toxicity
…taking three 100mg MS Contin tablets within 6 hours, despite being opioid-naïve. He presented to ED with pleuritic chest pain, received 15mg IV morphine, and was discharged with a prescription for 100mg MS Contin tablet…
35y · Female·aortic dissection with associated acute aortitis
A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman with schizoaffective disorder presenting with acute psychosis and chest pain was appropriately referred for psychiatric assessment and retrieval. CareFlight transport was timely …
37y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia as a result of melioidosis infection
…e: (1) maintaining differential diagnosis of pneumonia despite initial gastroenteritis presentation when pleuritic chest pain and productive cough develop; (2) interpreting blood test findings (band neutrophils, metamye…
28y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in association with pulmonary hype…
…n chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. She presented to Fremantle Hospital ED on 9 May 2010 with chest pain but was diagnosed with musculoskeletal pain and discharged. Clinical lessons include: (1) Dr H. faile…
38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi
…polar disorder, and asthma presented to the emergency department with presumed pneumonia based on fever, pleuritic chest pain, and respiratory symptoms. His general practitioner appropriately referred him urgently. The …
54y · Male·Pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus
…Key clinical concerns include: inadequate documentation of nursing assessments; two nurses auscultated his chest on day 3 with conflicting findings (crackles vs clear), but this was not escalated to medical review; vita…
66y · Female·acute necrotising haemorrhagic mediastinitis
… heaved, and blood was noted at the gastro-oesophageal junction. She was discharged the same afternoon with pain, only to return within hours with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. A perforation of the oesoph…
35y · Male·Active rheumatic pancarditis complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension, pne…
A 35-year-old Aboriginal man died from rheumatic pancarditis complicated by pulmonary hypertension, pneumonia and unspecified connective tissue disease. He had presented repeatedly to Katherine Hospital with symptoms sug…
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