Rivera-Morales Mark D, Wu Jesse C, Dub Larissa, Ganti Latha
Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Greater Orlando, Orlando, USA.
Emergency Medicine, Osceola Regional Medical Center, Kissimmee, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Aug 19;13(8):e17300. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17300. eCollection 2021 Aug.
We present a case of an elderly male with multiple co-morbidities, including atrial fibrillation on warfarin and recently diagnosed left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), who presented to the emergency department for dyspnea. He was found to be hypoxic and mildly hypotensive. He was diagnosed with submassive pulmonary emboli (PE) despite having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR). In this case report, the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and management of this patient are discussed.
我们报告一例患有多种合并症的老年男性病例,包括正在服用华法林的心房颤动以及近期诊断出的左下肢深静脉血栓形成(DVT),该患者因呼吸困难就诊于急诊科。发现他存在低氧血症且轻度低血压。尽管国际标准化比值(INR)高于治疗范围,但他仍被诊断为次大面积肺栓塞(PE)。在本病例报告中,将讨论该患者的临床表现、诊断检查及治疗情况。