A 36-Year-Old Woman Presenting With Left Upper Quadrant Discomfort, Encephalopathy, and Respiratory Failure.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.038.
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Abstract
A 36-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and alcoholism reported 2 days of left upper quadrant pain and jaundice. Within hours of admission, she became somnolent and hypoxic. The patient was then intubated. She had no history of drug abuse, cigarette smoking, liver disease, autoimmune disease, or pancreatitis. She had no home medications.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Brain Diseases
- Cefepime
- Heparin
- Multiple Organ Failure
- Thrombosis
- Vancomycin