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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| author | Sahajal Dhooria Amanjit Bal Mandeep Garg Sanjay Jain Mini P Singh Inderpaul Singh Sehgal Ritesh Agarwal Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal |
| author_facet | Sahajal Dhooria Amanjit Bal Mandeep Garg Sanjay Jain Mini P Singh Inderpaul Singh Sehgal Ritesh Agarwal Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ae0ab3e0e7904bba91f966e6ed3f0bcd2022-12-22T01:09:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2022-01-0139329230010.4103/lungindia.lungindia_572_21A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumoniaSahajal DhooriaAmanjit BalMandeep GargSanjay JainMini P SinghInderpaul Singh SehgalRitesh AgarwalAshutosh Nath AggarwalA 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.http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2022;volume=39;issue=3;spage=292;epage=300;aulast=Dhooriaacute respiratory distress syndromecytomegalovirusmyocarditispulmonary embolismsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2spleen |
| spellingShingle | Sahajal Dhooria Amanjit Bal Mandeep Garg Sanjay Jain Mini P Singh Inderpaul Singh Sehgal Ritesh Agarwal Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia Lung India acute respiratory distress syndrome cytomegalovirus myocarditis pulmonary embolism severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spleen |
| title | A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia |
| title_full | A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia |
| title_short | A 63-year-old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia |
| title_sort | 63 year old man with hypoxemia and shock after initial recovery from covid 19 pneumonia |
| topic | acute respiratory distress syndrome cytomegalovirus myocarditis pulmonary embolism severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spleen |
| url | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2022;volume=39;issue=3;spage=292;epage=300;aulast=Dhooria |
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