A 42-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath, Fever, and Pleural Effusions.

Autor: Millar JK; College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Benninger LA; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Li Y; Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Ataya A; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: aliataya@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chest [Chest] 2019 May; Vol. 155 (5), pp. e141-e144.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.035
Abstrakt: Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man with a history of progressive multiple myeloma and chronic kidney disease presented with worsening shortness of breath and fever. He was scheduled for a planned admission for chemotherapy on the day of presentation and had developed these symptoms the night before. He had also developed worsening fatigue but denied any new cough, sputum production, or abdominal pain. The patient had been previously admitted 3 weeks prior for neutropenic fever and colitis during his first cycle of chemotherapy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE