COVID-19 with Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

CASE PRESENTATION: We describe an elderly male presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath that progressed to hypoxic respiratory failure. Radiography and computed tomography findings were suggestive of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). DISCUSSION: We review the clinical prese...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Romo, Miguel A., Lotfipour, Shahram, McCoy, C. Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
Materias:
COVID-19 Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926712
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.7.48793
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Sumario:CASE PRESENTATION: We describe an elderly male presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath that progressed to hypoxic respiratory failure. Radiography and computed tomography findings were suggestive of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). DISCUSSION: We review the clinical presentation of COVID-19 and its complications. We also describe the characteristic presentation of COVID-19 on imaging. Our case illustrates the hallmark findings of bilateral and peripheral ground-glass opacities of COVID-19.

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