Journal: | lRevista médica de Chile |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000449375 |
ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
Authors: | Kramer, Tomas1 Ramírez, Andrés2 Salinas, Mauricio3 |
Institutions: | 1Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile. Chile 2Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile. Chile 3Instituto Nacional del Tórax, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
Year: | 2021 |
Volumen: | 149 |
Number: | 7 |
Pages: | 1090-1092 |
Country: | Chile |
Language: | Español |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Caso clínico |
English abstract | In patients with severe COVID-19, it has been proposed as mechanism of respiratory failure, intra and extrapulmonary shunt. However, there are no reported or documented cases of this mechanism. Also, there are studies showing this mechanism is not relevant. In this report, we present the case of a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, who after two months, during his rehabilitation period, presented persistent hypoxemia with orthodeoxia. Persistent oval foramen with shunt from right to left was diagnosed. The patient underwent a percutaneous closure of the defect and at 48 hours oxygen therapy could be discontinued and the patient discharged |
Disciplines: | Medicina |
Keyword: | Neumología, COVID-19, Insuficiencia respiratoria, Neumonía, Factores de riesgo, Foramen oval |
Keyword: | Pneumology, COVID-19, Respiratory insufficiency, Pneumonia, Risk factors, Foramen ovale |
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