A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia

A 63-year-old man presented with fever and breathlessness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. He was diagnosed to have severe COVID-19 pneumonia. He was treated with oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, and glucocorticoids. He improved over 5 weeks and was shifted out of the intensi...

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Autores principales: Dhooria, Sahajal, Bal, Amanjit, Garg, Mandeep, Jain, Sanjay, Singh, Mini P, Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Agarwal, Ritesh, Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:
Clinicopathologic Conference
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9200206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488689
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_572_21
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Sumario:A 63-year-old man presented with fever and breathlessness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. He was diagnosed to have severe COVID-19 pneumonia. He was treated with oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, and glucocorticoids. He improved over 5 weeks and was shifted out of the intensive care unit. Subsequently, he experienced worsening during hospitalization with refractory hypoxemia and shock and finally succumbed to his illness. An autopsy was performed. Herein, we have presented a clinical discussion on the possible causes of the patient’s fatal outcome followed by the autopsy findings.

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