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Heart Arrest , Thoracic Surgical Procedures , Endoscopy , Heart Arrest/etiology , Humans , Sympathectomy , Thoracoscopy , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
CASE PRESENTATION: 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.
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Antibodies, Anticardiolipin/blood , Antiphospholipid Syndrome , Brain Diseases , Cefepime/administration & dosage , Heparin/administration & dosage , Multiple Organ Failure , Thrombosis , Vancomycin/administration & dosage , Abdominal Pain/diagnosis , Abdominal Pain/etiology , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Anticoagulants/administration & dosage , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/blood , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/diagnosis , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/physiopathology , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/therapy , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/etiology , Brain Diseases/therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Multiple Organ Failure/diagnostic imaging , Multiple Organ Failure/pathology , Multiple Organ Failure/therapy , Respiratory Insufficiency/diagnosis , Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology , Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging , Thrombosis/etiology , Thrombosis/therapy , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
CASE PRESENTATION: A 77-year-old woman presented to the hospital with symptoms of progressive shortness of breath with associated right-sided pleuritic pain. The patient had begun noting dyspnea on exertion, limiting her ability to go on hikes over the few days prior to admission. Her medical history is significant for carcinoid tumor status postresection in 2012 without recurrence. She has no history of thromboembolism or clotting disorders, and she has no history of smoking or drug abuse. Current medications include amlodipine, celecoxib, hydrochlorothiazide, and rosuvastatin.
