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Pulmonary Embolism Mimicking Pneumonia in a HIV Patient

Recent studies have shown an increased risk of arterial and venous vascular diseases in HIV patients, pulmonary thromboembolism being one of them. HIV-infected individuals may have procoagulants predisposing them to thromboembolism. Patients with thromboembolism may have a clinical presentation mimi...

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Autores principales: Nagaraja, Vivek, Terriquez, Joel A., Gavini, Hemanth, Jha, Lokesh, Klotz, Stephen A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20589218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/394546
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Sumario:Recent studies have shown an increased risk of arterial and venous vascular diseases in HIV patients, pulmonary thromboembolism being one of them. HIV-infected individuals may have procoagulants predisposing them to thromboembolism. Patients with thromboembolism may have a clinical presentation mimicking common opportunistic infections. It is important to consider pulmonary embolism in the differential of HIV patients with fever, cough, and dyspnea, particularly in those with well-controlled HIV infection.