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An Unusual Cause of Acute Hypercapneic Respiratory Failure

We present a rare cause of hypercapneic respiratory failure through this case report of a 72-year-old man presenting with progressive dyspnea and dysphagia over two years. Hypercapneic respiratory failure was acute on chronic in nature without an obvious etiology. Extensive workup for intrinsic pulm...

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Autores principales: Wang, Janice, Chichra, Astha, Koenig, Seth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174594
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRPM.S7687