{"title":"January 2021 Critical Care Case of the Month: A 35-Year-Old Man Found Down on the Street","authors":"John-Ih Lee, Ling Obrand, J. Campion","doi":"10.13175/swjpcc051-20","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. History of Present Illness A 35-year-old African-American man with a history of alcohol abuse presented to Emergency Department after he was found down. He was seen by a passerby on the street who witnessed the patient fall with a possible convulsive event. He was brought in by ambulance and was unconscious and unresponsive. PMH, SH, and FH The patient had a history of prior ICU admission in Yuma with septic shock secondary to a dental procedure requiring a tracheostomy in 2018. He also had a history of alcohol intoxication requiring an ED visit about 10 years ago and history of sickle cell trait. Per chart review, the patient took no home medications. Further history was unable to be obtained due to the patient's condition. Physical Examination On arrival the patient had a core temperature of 41°C, systolic blood pressure in the 70s-80s, heart rate of 185, respiratory rate of 19 …","PeriodicalId":87365,"journal":{"name":"Southwest journal of pulmonary & critical care","volume":"22 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Southwest journal of pulmonary & critical care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc051-20","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. History of Present Illness A 35-year-old African-American man with a history of alcohol abuse presented to Emergency Department after he was found down. He was seen by a passerby on the street who witnessed the patient fall with a possible convulsive event. He was brought in by ambulance and was unconscious and unresponsive. PMH, SH, and FH The patient had a history of prior ICU admission in Yuma with septic shock secondary to a dental procedure requiring a tracheostomy in 2018. He also had a history of alcohol intoxication requiring an ED visit about 10 years ago and history of sickle cell trait. Per chart review, the patient took no home medications. Further history was unable to be obtained due to the patient's condition. Physical Examination On arrival the patient had a core temperature of 41°C, systolic blood pressure in the 70s-80s, heart rate of 185, respiratory rate of 19 …