A 68-Year-Old Patient With Dyspnea and Hypoxemia After Total Hip Arthroplasty.

A 68-year-old patient with obesity (BMI, 4 7 kg/m) was transferred to the ED of our hospital because of dyspnea and pronounced hypoxemia. The patient underwent total right hip arthroplasty in an outside hospital because of osteoarthritis; there was no history of trauma. After 48 h, she experienced dyspnea with severe hypoxemia.