Ultrasound for critical care physicians: right diagnosis, wrong place

No abstract available. Article truncated after first page. The patient was a 76 year old man, with a history of a prosthetic aortic valve (aortic stenosis) and chronic myelogenous leukemia. He presented with fever and cough, and was found to have pneumonia with Klebsiella pneumonia cultured from a...

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Main Author: Raschke RA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2013-10-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/critical-care/2013/10/4/ultrasound-for-critical-care-physicians-right-diagnosis-wron.html
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Summary:No abstract available. Article truncated after first page. The patient was a 76 year old man, with a history of a prosthetic aortic valve (aortic stenosis) and chronic myelogenous leukemia. He presented with fever and cough, and was found to have pneumonia with Klebsiella pneumonia cultured from a BAL. However, he also had persistent Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia and a new 3/6 diastolic murmur. An ultrasound of the heart was performed (Figures 1 and 2). Which of the following is the likely diagnosis? 1. Aortic dissection 2. Aortic valve endocarditis 3. Displacement of the aortic valve 4. Mitral valve endocarditis 5. Tricuspid endocarditis …
ISSN:2160-6773