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Examine This Pulmonary Edema ED Visit

Published on Mon Aug 07, 2023

Question: A patient visited our emergency department (ED) with complaints of coughing up blood, difficulty breathing when lying down, and wheezing sounds while breathing. Pulmonary was consulted. The pulmonologist captured a history, performed a physical examination, and ordered a sputum culture, a CBC, a CMP, and two-view chest X-rays. After reviewing the path/lab results and informally reviewing the X-ray images, the [...]
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