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An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
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.