Case 18-2021: An 81-Year-Old Man with Cough, Fever, and Shortness of Breath

An 81-year-old man presented with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Within a few hours after presentation, chest pain and respiratory distress developed. A chest radiograph showed bilateral patchy airspace opacities, with predominance in the peripheral lower lung zone and with relative sparing...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2021-06, Vol.384 (24), p.2332-2340
Hauptverfasser:	Hibbert, Kathryn A, Goiffon, Reece J, Fogerty, Annemarie E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Cardiac arrhythmia Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital Case reports Chest Coronaviruses Cough COVID-19 Dyspnea Edema Electrocardiography Fever Hemorrhage Hospitals Hypertension Lung diseases Mens health Oxygen saturation Pain Pandemics Pathogens Patients Pneumonia Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Streptococcus infections
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Zusammenfassung:	An 81-year-old man presented with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Within a few hours after presentation, chest pain and respiratory distress developed. A chest radiograph showed bilateral patchy airspace opacities, with predominance in the peripheral lower lung zone and with relative sparing of the perihilar region. A diagnostic test was performed.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMcpc2100283