Practice Management
Click Here to download the article PDF. A 67-year-old male presents to urgent care complaining of pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. He has a history of lung cancer, but denies known cardiac history. View the ECG taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is describe on the next page.
Read MoreA 32-year-old man with a history of pneumothorax presents to the urgent care after a sudden onset of left-sided chest pain that started 30 minutes earlier when he was inhaling while smoking a cigarette. He reports shortness of breath, dizziness, and diaphoresis. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be. Â
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A 74-year-old man without a significant past medical history presents to an urgent care center reporting 3 days of coughing productive of green sputum, shortness of breath that worsens with exertion, and chills. He says he has a chronic morning cough but states that the sputum has changed color and that his dyspnea has increased. He says he has not had any fever, chest pain, or lower extremity pain or swelling. View the image taken …
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