Cedrick
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a 28 year old woman is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicule accident in which her chest struck the steering wheel
pulse is 125/min and blood pressure is 90/60 mmHg
She is diaphorectic and has dysnea on exertion
head and neck veins are distended
heart sounds are disnatnt and there are no murmurs
the radial pulse pressure decreases abnormally during inspiration
the most likely diagnosis is ?
a.-cardiac tamponade
b.-hemorrhage from a ruptured descending aorta
c.-mitral valve prolapse
d.-pulmonary embolism
e.-ruptured of a papillary muscle
this may have been discussed before ,but I can't find it
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| Cedrick
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Could it be B?
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Cool.-A
My mistake
Thanks Nadia and Robin
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