Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

A 48-year-old man presented with gradually worsening dyspnea three days after testing positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to the intensive care unit on maximum high flow nasal cannula settings and subsequently intubated for hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia. Two weeks into the...

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Autores principales: Chai, Audrey L., El-Baba, Firas M., Patel, Chandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36620726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101806
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description A 48-year-old man presented with gradually worsening dyspnea three days after testing positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to the intensive care unit on maximum high flow nasal cannula settings and subsequently intubated for hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia. Two weeks into the patient's hospital course, he unexpectedly developed worsening hypotension with multiple vasopressor requirements. Labs revealed an unexpected hemoglobin drop from 12.5 to 7.9 g/dL. Chest radiograph showed near complete opacification of the right hemithorax concerning for hemothorax. This case presentation describes a rare phenomenon of spontaneous hemothorax in a patient with COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-98118992023-01-04 Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome Chai, Audrey L. El-Baba, Firas M. Patel, Chandra Respir Med Case Rep Case Report A 48-year-old man presented with gradually worsening dyspnea three days after testing positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to the intensive care unit on maximum high flow nasal cannula settings and subsequently intubated for hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia. Two weeks into the patient's hospital course, he unexpectedly developed worsening hypotension with multiple vasopressor requirements. Labs revealed an unexpected hemoglobin drop from 12.5 to 7.9 g/dL. Chest radiograph showed near complete opacification of the right hemithorax concerning for hemothorax. This case presentation describes a rare phenomenon of spontaneous hemothorax in a patient with COVID-19. Elsevier 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9811899/ /pubmed/36620726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101806 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_full Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_fullStr Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_short Spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_sort spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old man with covid-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36620726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101806
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