An Elusive Case of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
| Autor: | Jennifer Obasi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Tobacco use Pulmonology Constitutional symptoms Rapidly progressive course 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Lung injury 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine cough Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Progressive respiratory failure hypoxia hamman-rich syndrome business.industry General Engineering dyspnea Hypoxia (medical) medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Lung disease Acute Interstitial Pneumonia aip medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery acute interstitial pneumonia |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.4685 |
| Popis: | Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) is a rare and severe form of diffuse lung injury that affects previously healthy individuals. It is a subset of idiopathic lung disease with a rapidly progressive course. The prognosis is poor with over 50% of patients dying during hospital admission from progressive respiratory failure. Presented herein is a case of a previously healthy 64-year-old woman without a prior history of tobacco use who presented with progressive hypoxia, dyspnea, and nonspecific constitutional symptoms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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