Tamponade?

Pericardial effusion, tachycardia, and hypotension in a patient with no past cardiac history.

What’s causing his RUQ pain?

A 40-year-old male presented to the ED with 4 days of right upper quadrant pain. The pain came on acutely 4 days ago while eating and had been constant since then. He endorsed nausea, but denied vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. He had never had pain like this before....

Lightheaded and hypotensive, but fluid overloaded?

A 50 year-old-female with a history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, and ventricular dysrhythmias with an ICD in place came into our ED with complaints of lightheadedness. The lightheadedness was worse with standing. The patient denied CP,...

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