Intractable vomiting: diagnostic clues in plain neck films
| Autor: | Hope Olivia Ward, David Alao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Vomiting Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences Esophagus 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Aged 80 and over Epiglottitis business.industry General surgery Intractable vomiting Soft tissue 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Emergency department Foreign Bodies medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Food Emergency Medicine Differential diagnosis Abnormality medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 34:127-128 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emermed-2016-205734 |
| Popis: | An 89-year-old man with dementia presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of sharp central chest pain and vomiting. His carer said he had been unable to keep anything down since he had a steak pie 3 days earlier. His chest X-ray was normal. A soft tissue X-ray of the neck was done (figure 1). Figure 1 X-ray of neck soft tissues. What is the abnormality? 1. Epiglottitis 2. Oesophageal food bolus 3. Foreign … |
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