A Chest X-Ray causing confusion

A Chest X-Ray causing confusion

A 91-year old female presented to Acute Medical Unit with a 2 week history of shortness of breath and haemoptysis. Her past medical history included osteoporosis, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, cataracts, and a colonic polypectomy. Her medications: Citalopram 10 mg, Co-codamol, Beclomethasone 200 mcg inhaler, Salbutamol MDI inhaler, Omeprazole 20 mg and Alendronic acid. She was an ex-smoker with a 20-pack year history who had stopped smoking 40-years ago. She did not drink alcohol and lived alone independently. [download-attachments container="div" style="list" display_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]

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A Chest X-Ray causing confusion

27th May 2019
PMID: 31127801
Authors Affiliations
Timea Novak MD, MRCP Acute Medical Consultant, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Catherine Strait MRCP Consultant in Acute Medicine Great Western Hospital Swindon Severn Deanery

A Chest X-Ray causing confusion

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Novak T, Strait C. A Chest X-Ray causing confusion. Acute Med. 2019;18(2):120. PMID: 31127801.

A Chest X-Ray causing confusion

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