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- Title
Sudden Death due To Pulmonary Embolism in Software Professionals: Two Case Reports.
- Authors
Khan, Rashid Nehal; Radhakrishna, K. V.; Rautji, Ravi; Rathee, Abhishek
- Abstract
Two successive cases of young software professionals where cause of death was attributed to Pulmonary Embolism are reported here. Both cases had similar presentation and profile and hence are presented as a series of two case reports. In the first case 24 year old software professional had reported to the casualty with a history of pain in the chest for the last 4-5 days which had increased in evening and had hence requested his colleagues to get him medical help. He collapsed in the vehicle as he was being transported to hospital. On arrival apart from CPR an urgent echocardiography was done which revealed a pulmonary embolism. Before a thought for thrombolyses could be given, the patient had a cardiac arrest which could not be revived and the patient was declared dead. An autopsy was conducted to find out the cause of death. Left ventricle wall was hypertrophied and an embolus was found in the Rt ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The heart weight was increased. Second case in this series was of a 30 year old software professional who had dyspnoea on exertion for last 3 days and in the morning developed giddiness and collapsed at his house. He was rushed to the hospital . CPR was started and an echocardiography revealed a massive pulmonary embolism. Before a plan for thrombolyses could be put in place, the patient had a cardiac arrest and died. The autopsy was conducted at Armed Forces Medical college Pune and it revealed a pulmonary embolus at the bifurcation of pulmonary artery and the weight of heart was increased. The above two cases brings into light a case of death due pulmonary embolism in software professionals who were young, doing their routine work and had no complaints of any illness in the past. Though the parents denied of any history of risk factors or similar history of sudden death due to cardiac pathology in family or symptoms of cardiac disease in deceased, the paper brings forward the factors that can cause Pulmonary Embolism at an young age.
- Publication
Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
0972-5687
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5958/0974-083x.2020.00n9.3