Open AccessCase File: Use of POCUS for assessment of dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Jennifer Meloche
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pocus journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-8543
DOI - 10.24908/pocus.v1i1.13213
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , exertion , heart failure , troponin , cardiology , breathing , emergency medicine , physical therapy , medical emergency , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , psychiatry
A 65 year-old man presented to the Emergency Department at Kingston General Hospital with progressive shortness of breath, fatigue, dull chest discomfort that worsened with deep breathing and exertion. The patient was referred to cardiology for congestive heart failure and ordered troponin, chest x-ray (CXR), and electrocardiogram (ECG).