A teenage girl with extreme tachypnea.
Dyspnea and tachypnea are common presenting complaints in an emergency department. Respiratory and cardiac causes are the most common etiology. Functional respiratory disorders should be considered in patients with atypical presentation to avoid extensive investigations. We describe an adolescent who presented to our emergency department with extreme tachypnea.
Rao
Aparna R
AR
Pulmonary Section, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA. rotaks@yahoo.com
Barthel
Richard P
RP
Gershan
William M
WM
D000293:Adolescent; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004332:Drowning / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome