title: 84-year-old man with respiratory distress and abdominal distention.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Deirdre R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Pachman
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Jason H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Szostek
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy