Saddle Embolism Kills Man After Hospital Discharge

Case Overview

This case involves a forty-nine-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital complaining of right calf pain and an episode of dizziness associated with a brief loss of consciousness. A CT scan of the head showed the patient had an active bleed in the right cerebellum and a workup for a deep venous thrombosis was positive in the right lower limb. A Bard Recovery Filter was placed as a precaution and the patient was taken off anticoagulants due to his brain bleed. Three days into his admission, the patient complained of shortness of breath and severe chest pain. A pulmonary embolism was suspected and the patient was placed back on anticoagulants with close monitoring of his INR levels. The patient was discharged from the hospital after he was deemed to be medically stable but was found dead two days later in his home. The cause of death was a saddle pulmonary thromboembolus.

Questions to the Critical Care Medicine expert and their responses

Was this patient monitored long enough before being discharged?

I believe this patient was discharged too soon and proper coagulation stability was not yet reached.

About the expert

This extremely qualified, board certified and fellowship trianed pulmonologist currently holds clinical, academic, and research positions at among the finest medical institutions in the nation. He is extensively published in his field, and has given numerous invited lectures nationwide. He also holds a medical patent. These strong qualifications make him highly capable of reviewing the case at hand.

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Specialties:

Critical Care Medicine

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