Nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and massive pulmonary embolism in COVID-19.
Am J Emerg Med
; 38(7): 1549.e1-1549.e2, 2020 07.
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A patient presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and lower extremity weakness in the setting of nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. He subsequently developed hypotension and severe hypoxia, found to have a saddle pulmonary embolus (PE) with right heart strain requiring alteplase (tPA).
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Abuso de Inhalantes
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Óxido Nitroso
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Am J Emerg Med
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2020
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