The Symptoms
Graphic Novel Case Studies

The Why and the How of the Symptoms

  • George is lying down on a stretcher, a little pale and slightly diaphoretic.
  • George's pulse is 78/min, his blood pressure 110/60 in the right arm lying and due to dizziness a standing BP could not be obtained.
  • His respiratory rate is 20/min.
  • The abdomen is somewhat distended with some tenderness to palpation. (see image reconstructed from his CT)