Sudden Onset Shortness Of in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 45yo Man | Cardiology | SMLE Q#17193
SMLE Question #17193
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Objective: OBJ-163
Last updated: January 2026
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain for 1 day. He denies cough or fever. Vital signs: T 36.9 °C, BP 124/78 mmHg, HR 92/min, RR 20/min, SpO2 95% on room air. Laboratory studies are normal except for an elevated D-dimer of 800 ng/mL (normal
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