SOB and High Fever. COVID-19 positive?
41 year old male presents to the ED with SOB x5 days. He was in contact with a COVID+ patient. He reports fever highest 102.3. States he has body aches and chills. Denies cough or sore throat. Places on 6L/min via NC and sats increased to 91%. History of Hypertension Hypothyroidism Morbid obesity Prediabetes. what do you suggest?
* ARDS ** COVID 19 NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION TO CONCLUDE AND TREATMENT PLAN.
Prominent bronchovascular marking. Bil rounded soft fluffy infiltrations seen. Rt hemidiaphragm is markedly raised, possibly underlying collapse. Left lower zonal heziness seen. Adv CECT thorax and swab test to rule out covid 19 pneumonia. Contact history, along with Metabolic syndrome are risk factors flavoring the diagnosis of this.
Coastal chest haziness bilateral in lower zones Bumping of rt dome GGOs rt para cardiac H/o contacts with covid19 Fever sob All suggest of covid19 ARDS To be treated with protocol
POSSIBLY PNEUMONIA PULMONARY. EDEMA CARDIOMEGALY L. V. F.. COVID. INFECTION NEEDS. FURTHER. EVALUATION
ARDS with pneumonitis in Covid 19 patient
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Bilateral fluffy infiltration with peripheral opacity R/0 covid pneumonia... Get rt-pcr/swab test done DD cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (?)
Sir do a ct chest urgently, start Inj.cefaperazone 1gmiv bd , o2, at 6 litres, rt pcr, inj.remdesevir iv od
Bilateral basal pneumonia Cardiomegaly LVF , pulmonary edema COVID infection
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