February 2015 pulmonary case of the month: severe asthma
| Autor: | Rajeev Saggar, Suresh Uppalapu, Sunil Santhanakrishnan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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severe asthma
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty treatment business.industry lcsh:R5-130.5 Severe asthma lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid lcsh:RC86-88.9 asthma mechanical ventilation extracorporeal membrane oxygenation permissive hypercapnea general anesthesia Medicine ECMO business influenza heliox lcsh:General works |
| Zdroj: | Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 57-62 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2160-6773 |
| Popis: | No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. History of present illness: A 50-year-old African-American woman with a history of asthma presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of shortness of breath for 2 weeks. She reported some chest tightness, wheezing and dry cough. She denied fever, chills, myalgias or arthralgias at the time of admission. PMH, SH and FH: In addition to asthma, she has a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and multiple sclerosis. She admitted to social smoking but states she quit 6 to 7 months ago. She denies alcohol, recreational drug use, or a family history of early coronary artery disease, strokes or cancers. Medications: montelukast 10 mg daily; salmeterol/fluticasone 250/50 inhaled twice a day; albuterol inhaler as needed for shortness of breath; metformin 500 mg bid; dimethyl fumarate 240 mg bid; omega 3 fish oil; calcium carbonate 600 mg daily; naproxen 500 mg bid; lisinopril 10 mg daily ... |
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