An Elderly Woman With Gibbus Deformity and Physiologic Shock
Physiological shock requires prompt diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department. We present a case of physiological shock in a 91-year-old woman resulting from obstruction of the left atrium and inferior vena cava by a giant esophageal hiatal hernia, identified using computed tomography imag...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3zp4r0hx |