Author/Editor		Kupnik, Dejan; Grmec, Štefek
Title		Pulmonary thromboembolism presenting as epileptiform generalized seizure
Type		članek
Source		Eur J Emerg Med
Vol. and No.		Letnik 11, št. 6
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 346-7
Abstract		A 69-year-old patient with a new-onset generalized epileptiform tonic-clonic seizure was successfully diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism in the prehospital setting even though the clinical picture suggested an unknown, primarily neurological, problem. Prehospital diagnostic procedures also included capnometry and D-dimer assay. The former showed lower than normal end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure values, and a value of the latter proved to be highly pathological. In theintensive care unit the diagnosis of massive pulmonary thromboembolism was confirmed.
Descriptors		CAPNOGRAPHY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AGED DIMERIZATION