AI Article Synopsis
- Persistent changes on chest x-rays and hypoxemia in arterial blood gas analyses have been observed in some COVID-19 patients, although these changes are usually mild.
- The case presented involves a patient with pre-existing health issues who continued to exhibit lung infiltrates and hypoxemia even after being taken off a ventilator.
- Despite these chest x-ray abnormalities and low oxygen levels, the patient improved with the help of respiratory physiotherapy, highlighting the disconnect between imaging results and clinical outcomes.
Article Abstract
Persistent changes on chest x-ray and hypoxemia in arterial blood gas analyses have been described in several cases in novel CoV-19 virus (nCoV-19) patients. These changes are usually not expressed to a large extent. Our goal was not only to present a patient with comorbidities in whom residual pulmonary infiltrates remained with consequent hypoxemia after extubation, but also to show that these changes do not always correlate with the clinical condition. In summary, despite chest x-ray changes and hypoxemia, with appropriate respiratory physiotherapy, the patient had a satisfactory clinical status.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9196219 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2021.60.04.26 | DOI Listing |
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