A 70-Year-Old Woman With Refractory Hypoxemia - PubMed (original) (raw)
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. 2021 Sep;160(3):e265-e268.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.088.
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- PMID: 34488965
- DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.088
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A 70-Year-Old Woman With Refractory Hypoxemia
Martin A C Manoukian et al. Chest. 2021 Sep.
Abstract
A 70-year-old woman was transferred to our ED from an outside ED for hypoxemia. Three weeks earlier, an inpatient evaluation for syncope revealed a right intraventricular filling defect, multiple pulmonary nodules, pulmonary emboli, and a left breast mass. She underwent breast biopsy, was started on rivaroxaban, and was discharged with outpatient follow-up. She experienced progressively worsening dyspnea, prompting a return to the outside ED, where she was found to be severely hypoxemic and was intubated. Her medical history included diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, COPD, hypothyroidism, diastolic heart failure, and a 40+ pack-year smoking history.
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