title: Clinical problem-solving. A key miscommunication--an 81-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with increasing abdominal distention, nausea, and vomiting.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. mh21@duke.edu
authors.forename: Melissa H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: G Ralph
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Corey
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bashore
authors.forename: J Kevin
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology