Nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and massive pulmonary embolism in COVID-19

A patient presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and lower extremity weakness in the setting of nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. He subsequently developed hypotension and severe hypoxia, found to have a saddle pulmonary embolus...

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Autores principales: Molina, Melanie F., Al Saud, Ahad A., Al Mulhim, Abdullah A., Liteplo, Andrew S., Shokoohi, Hamid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7229475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32425320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.023
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Sumario:A patient presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and lower extremity weakness in the setting of nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. He subsequently developed hypotension and severe hypoxia, found to have a saddle pulmonary embolus (PE) with right heart strain requiring alteplase (tPA).

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