TY - JOUR
T1 - A 78-Year-Old Woman With Diarrhea and Respiratory Failure
AU - Mahieu, Rafael
AU - Léger, Maxime
AU - Dubillot, Marie
AU - Demiselle, Julien
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the ED with a 10-day history of diarrhea and recent onset of dry cough, fever, and asthenia. She had a medical history of obesity (BMI 32) and arterial hypertension treated with irbesartan. In the context of a large-scale lockdown in France during the COVID-19 pandemic, she only had physical contact with her husband, who did not report any symptoms. She required mechanical ventilation because of severe hypoxemia within 1 hour after admission to the ED.
AB - Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the ED with a 10-day history of diarrhea and recent onset of dry cough, fever, and asthenia. She had a medical history of obesity (BMI 32) and arterial hypertension treated with irbesartan. In the context of a large-scale lockdown in France during the COVID-19 pandemic, she only had physical contact with her husband, who did not report any symptoms. She required mechanical ventilation because of severe hypoxemia within 1 hour after admission to the ED.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.248
DO - 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.248
M3 - Article
VL - 159
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
IS - 3
ER -