Possible silent hypoxemia in a COVID-19 patient: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It has been hypothesized that silent hypoxemia is the cause of rapid progressive respiratory failure with severe hypoxia that occurs in some COVID-19 patients without warning.

Presentation of case

A 60-year-old male presented cough without any breathing difficulty. Vital signs showed blood pressure 130/75 mmHg, pulse 84x/minute, respiratory rate (RR) 21x/minute, body temperature 36.5C, and oxygen saturation (SpO2) 75% on room air. RT-PCR for COVID-19 were positive. On third day, he complained of worsening of breath shortness, but his RR was still normal (22x/minute) with SpO2 of 98% on 3 L/minute oxygen via nasal cannula. On fifth day, he experienced severe shortness of breath with RR 38x/minute. He was then intubated using a synchronized intermittent mandatory

SUBMITTER: Siswanto 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature