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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening manifestation of diffuse inflammation damaging the lung pleura. Risk factors for development are numerous with most cases arising in those already hospitalized for critical illness. We describe a unique case of a healthy 20-year-old fe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8570451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754685 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18539 |
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author | Chiong, Oliver J Lu, Michelle M |
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description | Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening manifestation of diffuse inflammation damaging the lung pleura. Risk factors for development are numerous with most cases arising in those already hospitalized for critical illness. We describe a unique case of a healthy 20-year-old female developing myocarditis and severe ARDS while hospitalized for septic shock after initially presenting with gastroenteritis from a suspected Coxsackie B infection in the setting of an overseas military deployment. After two transfers via land and air, she reached a facility that delivered definitive care and survived. This case highlights how a common disease can develop into something far more deadly and how early recognition of ARDS risk factors can improve clinical decision-making at the time of admission. |
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spelling | pubmed-85704512021-11-08 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis Chiong, Oliver J Lu, Michelle M Cureus Emergency Medicine Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening manifestation of diffuse inflammation damaging the lung pleura. Risk factors for development are numerous with most cases arising in those already hospitalized for critical illness. We describe a unique case of a healthy 20-year-old female developing myocarditis and severe ARDS while hospitalized for septic shock after initially presenting with gastroenteritis from a suspected Coxsackie B infection in the setting of an overseas military deployment. After two transfers via land and air, she reached a facility that delivered definitive care and survived. This case highlights how a common disease can develop into something far more deadly and how early recognition of ARDS risk factors can improve clinical decision-making at the time of admission. Cureus 2021-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8570451/ /pubmed/34754685 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18539 Text en Copyright © 2021, Chiong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Chiong, Oliver J Lu, Michelle M Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title_full | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title_fullStr | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title_short | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Unexpected Outcome of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis |
title_sort | acute respiratory distress syndrome: an unexpected outcome of suspected viral gastroenteritis |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8570451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754685 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18539 |
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