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The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode 305: Neurology VMR – Shallow Breathing

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Science & Medicine, Medicine, Education, Higher Education

4.7528 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey folks, just a quick reminder that this episode is now meant to be used for medical advice, just good old-fashioned education.

0:08.5

All patient information has been modified to protect their identity, and the views expressed in our podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinion of our employers.

0:26.2

All right, to future neurologists, two current neurologists.

0:28.9

It's going to be a neurolo-love fest.

0:31.4

Vanessa, would you like to give us the chief concern?

0:32.8

Okay, here we go.

0:40.4

So this is a patient who is a 64-year-old female with no significant medical history, and she had a complaint of shallow breathing for a few minutes to duration.

0:44.8

Shallow breathing.

0:45.7

Just to confirm its neurology morning report, right?

0:48.3

Yes.

0:49.0

Okay.

0:49.6

No heart failure or C-O-P-D.

0:51.7

Well, luckily, Shridara is double-boarded, so he'll be able to save us.

0:55.6

Okay, Maria, shortness of breath in the neurology clinic. So we're going to presume that other

1:00.8

medical specialists have looked at this patient and said, not us. Let's see if neurology can figure

1:06.3

it out. What would you think about here? Yeah, well, if this is interesting because immediately like thinking fast, nothing brings

1:14.8

neurology, right?

1:16.2

So first heart, first lungs, because I know there's other organs out there.

1:20.6

So those two things first.

1:22.5

But then I think like putting that into the bend diagram of neurology, I would definitely start thinking about more neuromuscular disorders.

1:31.2

So thinking that shallow breathing may be just like fatigue and then thinking of all like the neuromuscular disorders that could cause that sort of fatigue.

1:40.3

But also maybe something more centrally located. So maybe somebody's like

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