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Editor, Senior Moderator
Chest
. 2021 Feb;159(2):e107-e113.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.243.
A 53-Year-Old Man Presents to the ED With Shortness of Breath, Cough, and Fever
Leonid Roshkovan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jeffrey C Thompson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Neil Chatterjee[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maya Galperin-Aizenberg[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sharyn I Katz[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A 53-year-old man presented to the ED at a time of low severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), prevalence and reported 2 weeks of progressive shortness of breath, dry cough, headache, myalgias, diarrhea, and recurrent low-grade fevers to 39?C for 1 week with several days of recorded peripheral capillary oxygen saturation of 80% to 90% (room air) on home pulse oximeter. Five days earlier, he had visited an urgent care center where a routine respiratory viral panel was reportedly negative. A COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test result was pending at the time of ED visit. He reported a past medical history of gastroesophageal reflux disease that was treated with famotidine. Travel history included an out-of-state trip 3 weeks earlier, but no recent international travel.
. 2021 Feb;159(2):e107-e113.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.243.
A 53-Year-Old Man Presents to the ED With Shortness of Breath, Cough, and Fever
Leonid Roshkovan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jeffrey C Thompson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Neil Chatterjee[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maya Galperin-Aizenberg[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sharyn I Katz[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33563452
- DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.243
Abstract
A 53-year-old man presented to the ED at a time of low severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), prevalence and reported 2 weeks of progressive shortness of breath, dry cough, headache, myalgias, diarrhea, and recurrent low-grade fevers to 39?C for 1 week with several days of recorded peripheral capillary oxygen saturation of 80% to 90% (room air) on home pulse oximeter. Five days earlier, he had visited an urgent care center where a routine respiratory viral panel was reportedly negative. A COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test result was pending at the time of ED visit. He reported a past medical history of gastroesophageal reflux disease that was treated with famotidine. Travel history included an out-of-state trip 3 weeks earlier, but no recent international travel.