Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 4
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Acute respiratory failure secondary to megaesophagus: think beyond COVID-19

192-193

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8847/2022

Raúl Alberto Jiménez Castillo, Anabella Rosalía Llantada-López, Daniel Eduardo Benavides-Salgado, José Alberto González González,

Abstract
A 61-year-old man with a history of progressive dysphagia in the last three years and current COVID-19 diagnosis, presented to our emergency department with sudden dyspnea and loss of consciousness. Initial examination revealed a respiratory rate of 30 bpm with an oxygen saturation of 94% with room air. A venous blood gas exam showed acute hypercapnic respiratory failure; therefore, he was intubated and admitted to the medical intensive care unit.
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Publication history

Received: 08/04/2022

Accepted: 12/04/2022

Online First: 26/04/2022

Published: 03/04/2023

Article Online First time: 18 days

Article editing time: 360 days


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