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A 77-year-old man with dyspnea and weakness develops tachycardia, hypotension, and hypoxemia requiring CCU admission.
Case report of a 77-year-old man admitted to the coronary care unit with shock and respiratory distress pending diagnostic test results.
Demands rapid diagnostic workup for shock in older adults; leaves open generalizability beyond this single case.
A 77-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of increasing dyspnea, weakness, and diaphoresis. Tachycardia, hypotension, hypoxemia, and fever developed, and he was admitted to the coronary care unit. The next day, a diagnostic test result was received.
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Tsibris et al. (2011) studied this question. A 77-year-old man presenting with increasing dyspnea and weakness developed tachycardia, hypotension, hypoxemia, and fever requiring coronary care unit admission pending diagnostic results.
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