History of Present Illness A 50-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emergency room with fever of 7 days’ duration, shortness of breath, palpitations, and occasional cough with reddish brown, blood-stained…
History of Present Illness An 81-year-old woman arrived in the emergency room (ER) because of progressive fatigue for 1 week, with worsening dyspnea and decreased urine output. Before that ER…
History of Present Illness A 58-year-old man arrived at the emergency room with high fever, dyspnea, anorexia with loss of weight, weakness, and confusion. Past Medical History The patient was…
History of Present Illness A 62-year-old Caucasian woman experienced subacute onset of dyspnea. Chest radiography showed the presence of massive right pleural effusion ( Fig. 7.1 ). Therefore she was…
History of Present Illness A 35-year-old Caucasian woman went to the emergency room for right chest pain, tachycardia, and low-grade fever (37.5° C [99.5° F]). The symptoms had begun a…
History of Present Illness A 35-year-old Asian man was referred to the pulmonology department for shortness of breath and a dull pain in his right lateral chest. His symptoms, which…
History of Present IllnessA 60-year-old man presented to the general practitioner for breathlessness and dry cough. The symptoms had arisen a few months earlier and had gradually worsened. Chest radiography…
History of Present Illness An 82-year-old man presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic because in the past 4 weeks he had worsening breathlessness and low-grade fever. He also had a…
History of Present Illness A 71-year-old woman had been suffering for about 1 month from weakness, daytime sleepiness, loss of appetite with weight loss of 2 kg, low-grade fever (37.8°…
Thoracentesis (SeeVideo 1-1 ) History of Present Illness A 60-year-old Caucasian man presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and right lateral chest pain. These symptoms had begun about…
