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Tachycardia in a young man: does pulse oximetry give a clue?
  1. Chinmay Parale,
  2. Ramanathan Velayutham,
  3. Avinash Anantharaj
  1. Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chinmay Parale, Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India; chinmayparale{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321200

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    Clinical introduction

    A young man hospitalised following blunt abdominal trauma 1 day prior was referred for the evaluation of tachycardia. He complained of mild generalised abdominal pain but denied history of any cardiac complaints. His pulse rate was 114 beats per minute and blood pressure was 96/70 mm Hg. Other than mild epicardial tenderness, systemic examination was unremarkable. ECG showed sinus tachycardia without any other localising features. His bedside pulse oximetry …

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    • Contributors CP wrote a draft of the manuscript. CP and RV were involved in patient diagnosis and management. AA was involved in case management and edited the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.