A 45 year old male is day 5 post tibial fracture surgery. He developed left sided chest pain and dyspnea during your duty. What will u do immediately?
a. ECG b. CTPA c. Chest X-ray d. Analgesia e. Cardiac monitoring
jules
Points : 92676 Join date : 2014-03-19
Subject: Re: Question-59 Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:25 am
if pulmonary embolus, CTPA
rajeev22
Points : 92351 Join date : 2014-04-01
Subject: Re: Question-59 Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:06 am
ecg
Vistamosta
Points : 90950 Join date : 2014-06-07 Age : 56 Location : WA
Subject: Re: Question-59 Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:19 pm
B 1- Day 5 post tibia fracture 2- Left sided chest pain 3- Dyspnea 4- Risk factors for fat embolism due to tibia fracture. No movement is another risk factor supporting fat embolism .The best answer is B.