Health and Human Spirit
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Health and Human Spirit
B.H. was a 48 year old woman who had been battling with metastatic ovarian cancer for eight years. She came to the hospital for an infection and developed pulmonary edema after receiving IV fluids. I was on the cardiology consult team, so we were called to evaluate for any cardiac problems causing her pulmonary edema.
When I met B.H., she was intubated but awake. I was very intimidated by all of the equipment and her numerous problems and actually wished that she was asleep, so I wouldn't feel so uneasy. She nodded her head to answer my questions and watched as I did her physical exam...