Shortness of Breath
Vitals & Useful Links:
- Learn about one etiology of shortness of breath. See spoilers below if you want to know which one.
- Podcast: Approach to Shortness of Breath – EM Clerkship Podcast
- Clinical Reference: Community Acquired Pneumonia
- emDocs site
This week Arman (MS4) leads Kyle (MS4) and Taylor (MS4) through a case of an adolescent male presenting with shortness of breath. How would you approach this case? As always, we learn a couple of very important points about evaluating respiratory complaints. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please email us at emjccast@gmail.com
*****EPISODE SPOILERS BELOW*****
Here’s Arman’s article from todayLayden, J. E., Ghinai, I., Pray, I., Kimball, A., Layer, M., Tenforde, M. W., … & Haupt, T. (2020). Pulmonary illness related to e-cigarette use in Illinois and Wisconsin. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(10), 903-916.And here’s an article on initial ventilator settings for critically ill patientsKilickaya, O., & Gajic, O. (2013). Initial ventilator settings for critically ill patients. Critical Care, 17(2), 123.
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