A case from the library
Severe shortness of breath and fainting in pregnancy in a 31-year-old woman
Obstetrics & GynecologyHard
Jennifer Cruz
31 years · Female
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 72 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 110/80 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 26 /min
- SpO₂
- 97%
- Temperature
- 98.6 °F
How hard it is
A rare condition, or a common one presenting unusually. The standard questions and tests won't get you there; you'll need to spot what doesn't fit.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in BMC Emergency Medicine, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
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