Author: Rachel Furness / Editor: Martin Dore / Reviewer: Srikanth Padmanabhan / Codes: / Published: 28/07/2023
A 73-year-old gentleman with a background of heart failure, atrial fibrillation and severe aortic stenosis presents to your Emergency Department (ED) with shortness of breath.
Examination, lung ultrasound and a chest radiograph point to acute heart failure as the diagnosis.
HR 98
BP 190/105
RR 30
Sats 89% on 15L