https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1706
A strange case of severe but fleeting hypoxemia in patient with COVID-19 infection: maybe virus-induced pulmonary Raynaud’s phenomenon?
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Published: March 5, 2021
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This case-report describes severe acute respiratory failure in a patient with a COVID-19 positive nasopharyngeal swab that spontaneously resolved within a few hours. It is speculated that the virus may have caused a fleeting pulmonary vasospasm.
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Barbarito, Nicola. 2021. “A Strange Case of Severe But Fleeting Hypoxemia in Patient With COVID-19 Infection: Maybe Virus-Induced Pulmonary Raynaud’s Phenomenon?”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 91 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1706.
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