Cardiac Arrest in an Adolescent with Pulmonary Embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Audience

The target audience of this simulation is emergency medicine residents and medical students. The simulation is based on a real case of a 13-year-old female who presented with seizures and hypoxia and was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. The case highlights diagnosis and management of an adolescent with new onset seizures, deterioration in status, and treatment options in pediatric cardiac arrest due to pulmonary embolism.

Background

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an uncommon cause of hypoxia in children making diagnosis difficult. A study looking at 23 years of admission and autopsy data on children found the incidence of clinically significant pulmonary embolism to be 25 per 100,000.1 However, when children present to the emergency department with hypoxia

SUBMITTER: Myers M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10332741 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature