An 87-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, and liver cirrhosis in respiratory distress

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Patel, Purvesh ^a   Narasimhan, Mangala ^a   Koenig, Seth ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILOSTAZOL; FUROSEMIDE; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PREGABALIN; SAXAGLIPTIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; AIRWAY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LETHARGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84878586431     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0824     Document Type: Article

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