A 70-Year-Old Woman With Refractory Hypoxemia.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.088.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Foramen Ovale, Patent
- Heart Neoplasms
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Hypoxia
- Intraoperative Complications
- Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Radiography, Thoracic