A renal transplant patient with abdominal discomfort, vomiting and diarrhoea for 1 week. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The patient is a 61-year-old diabetic male with history of renal transplant who presented to the emergency department with complaints of intermittent abdominal discomfort accompanied by multiple episodes of vomiting and diarrhoea. He had delayed seeking medical attention until his friends insisted that he come to the emergency department, since the abdominal discomfort was worsening. The patient's ECG revealed an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

publication date

  • August 24, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Myocardial Infarction

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3171025

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80053058387

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4529

PubMed ID

  • 22678945

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2011