Massive spontaneous hemothorax in a young ESRD patient

Background: Pleural effusions are common problems for the emergency medicine physician and may require emergent therapeutic thoracentesis to prevent respiratory failure. Rarely, a pleural fluid collection may in fact be a spontaneous hemothorax. Case report: A 22-year-old man presented to the emerge...

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Published in:JEM Reports
Main Authors: Siu Fai Li, Nicole Lulevitch, Rachel S. Mirsky, Kayla M. Jaime, Tesfa X. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Subjects:
Hemothorax
ESRD
Thoracentesis
Emergency medicine
Thromboelastography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232024000129

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