A 47-Year-Old Female with Shortness of Breath

A 4-Year-Old Boy With Shortness of Breath

A 4-year-old boy presented to the general practitioner (GP) with a 24-hour history of progressively worsening shortness of breath (SOB). Over this time period, a productive cough and fever had also developed. The patient had no history of respiratory disease and there were no sick contacts. For the last fortnight, however, his mother reported that he has " not been his usual self " : appearing ...

A 36-year-old woman with shortness of breath.

A 64-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain for one month. Her shortness of breath had gradually worsened to the point where she was feeling short of breath while at rest. She described her chest pain as sharp, worse with deep inspiration, and located nea...

A 13-year-old female with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain.

CASE HISTORY A 13-yr-old Caucasian female was referred to the Dept of Paediatric Diseases (Havana, Cuba) with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain located in her right hemithorax. The pain had occurred the day before while doing physical activity and lasted ,1 h. The patient reported a 2-month history of recurrent episodes of pleuritic chest pain, which were either self-limited or relie...

A 16-Year-Old Boy with Acute Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath.

A 65-year-old man with shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and recurrent pneumonia.

Recurrent pulmonary infections are common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Imaging of the thorax beyond a routine chest radiograph, such as computed tomography imaging, should be considered for these patients. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy should also be considered for these patients, especially in cases in which respiratory cultures do not provide guidance for antibiotic th...