Dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during Covid-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Ing-Kit Lee, Meng-Yun Tsai, Chia-Te Kung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male 0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (General) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) QH301-705.5 Myocardial Infarction Computed tomography Acute myocardial infarction Brief Communication 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Pandemic medicine Humans Myocardial infarction Biology (General) Pandemics Lung medicine.diagnostic_test SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Diarrhea 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Respiratory failure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Emergency medicine medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Biomedical Journal, Vol 44, Iss 4, Pp 508-511 (2021) Biomedical Journal |
| ISSN: | 2319-4170 |
| Popis: | A 38-year-old man presented to emergency department with dizziness, dyspnea and diarrhea for 5 days. Serum lab data revealed lymphopenia and computed tomography imaging of the chest exhibited multiple ground-glass patches in bilateral lung fields. COVID-19 was suspected and further examination was done. But patient's dyspnea progressed while waiting for the result of COVID-19 examination and respiratory failure with cardiac arrest occurred eventually, acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed then. This article is aimed to discuss the dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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