Open AccessCase File: Shocking out with severe hypoxia
Author(s) -
Barry Chan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pocus journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-8543
DOI - 10.24908/pocus.v1i1.13218
Subject(s) - medicine , auscultation , hypoxia (environmental) , anesthesia , pulmonary edema , respiratory distress , cardiology , lung , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen
Clinical Vignette: 36 year old presented in acute respiratory distress, hypotension (BP 70/40 with HR 120), and severe hypoxia (SpO2 80s with partial rebreather). Thoracic auscultation was normal though the heart sounds were masked by her breath sounds. The jugular venous pulse (JVP) was grossly distended with no leg edema.