Practice Management
A 62-year-old female presents to urgent care with acute dyspnea that worsened significantly 2 hours prior to arrival. She has noted progressive shortness of breath over the past week but now feels severely winded. She denies chest pain, cough, fever, leg swelling, or history of deep vein thrombosis. On evaluation, the patient is tachycardic and tachypneic with a heart rate of 110 beats per minute and an oxygen saturation of 91% on room air. She …
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Urgent Message: Patients commonly present with respiratory symptoms in the urgent care setting and not infrequently complain of some degree of shortness of breath—or dyspnea. It is critical for clinicians to have comfort with the clinical assessment and appropriate use of diagnostic resources for the dyspneic patient. Identifying patients requiring immediate emergency department referral is an important skill. Evan Price, DO; Eric Patten, MD; Shakil Hossain, DO; Michael Weinstock, MD Citation: Price E, Patten E, …
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