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Sudden Respiratory Failure after a Coughing Paroxysm

We report a case of an 85-year-old female, previously demented and dependent on others, who presented to the emergency department with sudden dyspnea following a coughing paroxysm. She was polypneic and with a diminished vesicular murmur at pulmonary auscultation but with audible bowel sounds in the...

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Autores principales: Alexandre, André Rosa, Pinto, Sérgio Santos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890422
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6221