COVID-19 suspicion revealed to be fat embolism syndrome

The novel coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, responsible of the COVID-19 is now causing a pandemic. Detecting all possible cases and eliminating differential diagnoses in front of any acute respiratory distress has become a daily challenge for doctors around the world. We believe that non-COVID patients...

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Autores principales: Mazouz, Salim, Aissaoui, Ouissal, Fehdi, Mohamed Anass, Nsiri, Afak, AlHarrar, Rachid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7406464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32821315
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.104.23631
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Sumario:The novel coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, responsible of the COVID-19 is now causing a pandemic. Detecting all possible cases and eliminating differential diagnoses in front of any acute respiratory distress has become a daily challenge for doctors around the world. We believe that non-COVID patients are the hidden victims of the actual health problematic. We report from this manuscript the case of a patient with fat embolism syndrome that has been suspected as COVID-19.

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