Clinical problem-solving. A key miscommunication--an 81-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with increasing abdominal distention, nausea, and vomiting.
Kong
Melissa H
MH
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. mh21@duke.edu
Corey
G Ralph
GR
Bashore
Thomas
T
Harrison
J Kevin
JK
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