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Clinicopathological Conference: A 71‐year‐old Female With Neurological Deficits, Chest Pain, and Electrocardiographic Changes
Author(s) -
Narang Aneesh T.,
Alian Andrus
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00877.x
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , chest pain , weakness , etiology , emergency medicine , physical therapy , surgery , psychiatry
Abstract The authors present a case of a 71‐year‐old female who presented to the emergency department with slurred speech, left sided facial droop, and right arm and leg weakness. During her ED stay, she developed left sided chest pain and right arm numbness in the setting of EKG changes. The patient's clinical course is outlined and a discussion of the potential etiologies as well as the clinical management is provided. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2010; 17:e102–e109 © 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine