TY - JOUR T1 - A sanguine experience JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 213 LP - 217 DO - 10.1183/20734735.001215 VL - 11 IS - 3 AU - Avinash Aujayeb AU - James Macfarlane AU - Simon Fearby AU - Sarah Haney AU - Jeanette Raine AU - Jonathan Miller AU - Mark Weatherhead Y1 - 2015/09/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/11/3/213.abstract N2 - A 68-year-old man attended the Accident and Emergency department with increasing breathlessness but no chest pain, sputum production or haemoptysis. He had recently returned from holiday in Spain and his general practitioner prescribed amoxicillin for a presumed chest infection. He was a diet-controlled type 2 diabetic on treatment for hypertension. He had a 40-pack-year smoking history and had lost 4 kg in weight. Examination revealed an obese man with normal blood pressure, sinus tachycardia at 100 beats⋅min−1, with a respiratory rate of 26 breaths⋅min−1. His oxygen saturation was 96% on air. His white cell count was 11×109 cells⋅L−1 and C-reactive protein was 92 mg⋅L−1. Renal function and coagulation studies were normal.A 68-year-old man presents at A&E with breathlessness but no chest pain, haemoptysis or sputum production http://ow.ly/R029n ER -