A Young Child With Recurrent Pneumonia and Hemoptysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In July 2020, a previously healthy 6-year-old boy was evaluated in a pulmonary clinic in New York after two episodes of pneumonia in the previous 3 months. For each episode, the patient presented with cough, fever, and hemoptysis, all of which resolved with antibiotic therapy and supportive care. Th...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Zirun, Kim, Rachel Choe, Tavernier, Felix, Choksi, Rachana, Van Brunt, Trevor, Davis, James Earl, Kevill, Katharine, Hsieh, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022
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CHEST Pearls
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9353104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35940666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.053
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Sumario:In July 2020, a previously healthy 6-year-old boy was evaluated in a pulmonary clinic in New York after two episodes of pneumonia in the previous 3 months. For each episode, the patient presented with cough, fever, and hemoptysis, all of which resolved with antibiotic therapy and supportive care. The patient never experienced dyspnea during these episodes of pneumonia. He was asymptomatic at the current visit. The patient had no history of travel, sick contacts, asthma, or bleeding disorders.

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