Woman with abdominal pain

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jordan Allen McQuilkin, Emory University; Maxwell Hockstein, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-02-26
• Publisher: American College of Emergency Physicians
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 2020 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12049
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JACEP
• ISSN: 0361-1124
• Volume: 2020
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 300
• End Page: 301
• Grant/Funding Information: This article published with support from Emory Libraries' Open Access Publishing Fund.; By JACEP Open policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article as per ICMJE conflict of interest guidelines (see www.icmje.org). The authors have stated that no such relationships exist.
• Keywords: left ventricle; abdominal pain; emergency room; case report; ultrasound; aortic aneurysm
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Case Report: A 76‐year‐old woman with an unknown past medical history presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain. She had a heart rate of 89 beats/min and a blood pressure of 96/57 mm Hg. A venous blood gas showed a pH of 6.9, and orotracheal intubation was performed for altered mental status. The emergency physician performed point‐of‐care ultrasound, which revealed an underfilled left ventricle.