Acute Dysphagia in a 25-Year-Old Male

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" Acute Dysphagia in a 25-Year-Old Male "
Ullo, Michael; Dym, Robert; Ripper, Jill

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	927345
Doc. No	:	LA03w9f5vr
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ullo, Michael; Dym, Robert; Ripper, Jill
Title & Author	:	Acute Dysphagia in a 25-Year-Old Male [Article]\ Ullo, Michael; Dym, Robert; Ripper, Jill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/3
Date	:	2018
Abstract	:	ABSTRACT: History of present illness: A 25-year-old male with a history of asthma presented to the emergency department (ED) with the sensation of food impaction in the mid-thoracic region and inability to swallow that began twenty minutes prior to arrival after eating chicken. Careful history revealed that the patient had several ED visits for similar episodes during his early childhood. Physical examination was benign with stable vitals. He had a clear oropharynx and normal breath sounds bilaterally. On cardiac auscultation, there was a regular rate and rhythm without appreciable murmur.