Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Child with Williams Syndrome after Nebulized Albuterol

Urgent message: Clinicians must be prepared for the possibility of supraventricular tachycardia after administration of nebulized albuterol in patients of any age, especially in the presence of heart disease. Muhammad Waseem, MD, Padma Gadde, MD, and Gerard Devas, MD Asthma is the most common lung disease in children. Five percent of children in the United States have asthma, and status asthmaticus—the leading cause of admission due to asthma exacerbation—accounts for approximately 10% of visits to …

October 2007

A 55-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain

Urgent message: Noting ‘red flags’ specific to the individual patient is of key importance when details of the presentation do not add up. Jill Chavinson Miller, MD J.W. is a 55-year-old female non-smoker who presented with abdominal pain. She reported that the pain woke her up the night before and lasted all day long, which prevented her from doing much that day. She described the pain as constant and gnawing, assessing its severity as 6 …