Respiratory distress and abdominal pain in a bed-bound nursing home patient

J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb;44(2):481-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.044. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

Authors

Isaac H Chu¹, Dimitry Bosoy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA.

PMID: 22921859
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.044

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Colitis / diagnostic imaging*
Disabled Persons
Emergency Medicine
Fecal Impaction / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Homes
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*
Restraint, Physical
Sepsis / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed