Rivaroxaban is a novel oral anticoagulant used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. The use of this medication has expanded over the recent years with resultant expansion of side effect profile. We present a case of a 56-year-old female who presented with shortness of breath and chest pain 12 weeks after starting rivaroxaban for left upper extremity deep vein thrombosis. She was later di...

Background: Dyspnoea (shortness of breath) is a common excruciating symptom. Shortness breath feeling associated with impaired respiratory function. As difficulty breathing, I can not breathe. It occurs in 64 % Covid 19 patients. Objective: Our goal to evaluate dyspnoea using Borg scale that assesses the functional state Material–methods: We assessed (92) patients categorical ten-point rating, ...

A 31-year-old man was referred to the pulmonary outpatient clinic for evaluation of difficult breathing of 1 year in duration. He was well until a year prior to consultation when noisy breathing developed, which was followed 6 months later by progressive shortness of breath. At the time of his evaluation, he was unable to walk a full city block. He had occasional cough productive of clear sputu...

Subsequently, she underwent chemotherapy. Six weeks later, she was admitted with a complaint of shortness of breath. She denied fever, chills, rigors, and excess sputum production. The patient was in obvious distress, with a respiration rate of 22 breaths per minute and the use of accessory muscles. She was afebrile. Her heart rate was 102 beats per minute and her blood pressure was 110/82 mm H...

results sore throat was recorded in 32.9% of patients with lma and 44.2% of intubated patients, but it was not statistically significant (fisher’s exact test = 0.158). hoarseness was recorded in 3.5% of patients with lma and 24.4% of intubated patients (fisher’s exact test = 0.000). in 1.2% of patients with lma cough was recorded; it was also seen in 7% of the intubated patients (fisher’s exact...

A 72-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and vomiting of three weeks’ duration. Vomiting occurred without warning and consisted of undigested food. On the morning of this presentation, he awoke with food remnants in his nostrils and persistent coughing. The patient reported progressive difficulty with swallowing solids and liquids. He had occasional shortness of breath, constipation...

Shortness of breath (SOB), or dyspnoea, is a common presenting symptom in acute care, responsible for 8% of all 999 calls to the ambulance service and ranking as the third most common type of emergency call-(l). It may be associated with significant pathology, so prompt identification and appropriate management are therefore imperative. Although a formal diagnosis guides risk stratification, pr...