Date of Presentation
5-6-2021 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
Cardiac tamponade is an emergent life threating condition that depending on cause can quickly progress to death. The rate of accumulation of a pericardial effusion often can determine the clinical severity. Typically, shortness of breath and hypotension manifest; however, in this unusual case, the initial presenting complaint was persistent hiccups.
Keywords
cardiac tamponade, pericardial effusion, hiccups
Disciplines
Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases | Emergency Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences
Document Type
Poster
An Unusual ED Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting as Hiccups
Cardiac tamponade is an emergent life threating condition that depending on cause can quickly progress to death. The rate of accumulation of a pericardial effusion often can determine the clinical severity. Typically, shortness of breath and hypotension manifest; however, in this unusual case, the initial presenting complaint was persistent hiccups.