I'm relatively sure that most people were 50:50 between bleach and drain cleaner.
I was desperately looking for cellulitis. I never did see it. Some say I'm still looking for it to this day.
"No bruits are heard over the neck"
I swear I cannot bang my face hard enough against a wall.
(E) Pneumothorax
Benzo overdose --> intubation --> airway trauma --> pneumothorax
(A) Aspiration PNA is possible with individuals prone to loss of consciousness, but would not be so acute! She was intubated then crashed 20 minutes later.
(B) Kerley B lines are indicative of pulmonary edema
(C) Pericardial effusion is characterized by Beck's Triad of hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds. And would not explain unilateral diminished breath sounds.
(D) pleural-based hump-shaped density probably describes a Hampton hump, which a wedge-shaped opacity in peripheral lung with its base at a thoracic wall. Caused by pulmonary infarction.
A 57-year-old woman comes to the physician ...
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