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ArticleCureus2023

Mackler's Triad: An Evolving Case of Boerhaave Syndrome in the Emergency Department.

Izak A Loftus, Etimbuk E Umana, Izak P Scholtz, Deirdre McElwee

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Izak A LoftusEmergency Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IRL.
Etimbuk E UmanaEmergency Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IRL.
Izak P ScholtzEmergency Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IRL.
Deirdre McElweeEmergency Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IRL.
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An elderly lady, known with a background history of Alzheimer's dementia, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and a reported history of self-induced vomiting, presented to our emergency department with a two-day history of vomiting, diarrhoea, anorexia, and malaise. Initial clinical examination and investigations only demonstrated mild dehydration. Despite a satisfactory response to initial symptomatic treatment, with complete cessation of vomiting, the patient had a recent sudden deterioration. Due to continued forcible belching, it was found that she had developed a sudden onset of back pain and subcutaneous emphysema. A CT scan showed mid-oesophageal rupture along with pneumomediastinum and bilateral pneumothoraxes. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with Boerhaave syndrome. Due to her clinical factors and the risk of surgical management, it was decided that she should be managed non-operatively with oesophageal stenting and bilateral chest drains, which was met with a good clinical course and outcome.

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boerhaave syndromeemergency medicinegeriatric medicinemackler's triadoesophageal tear

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PMID37223188
PMCPMC10202041
OpenAlexW4366768914

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