John Odackal1, Tijana Milinic2, Tim Amass3, Edward D Chan4, Jeremy Hua5, Silpa Krefft6. 1. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. Electronic address: john.odackal@cuanschutz.edu. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. 3. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Pulmonary Section, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO. 4. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Pulmonary Section, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO; Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO. 5. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. 6. Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Pulmonary Section, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
Abstract
CASE PRESENTATION: A 28-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, chest pain, and scant hemoptysis. Three weeks previously, he was admitted for coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia that had been diagnosed by nasal swab polymerase chain reaction. Chest CT imaging demonstrated bilateral ground-glass opacities without evidence of VTE. He was treated with hydroxychloroquine, up to 7 L/min oxygen, and self-proning. After 8 days of hospitalization, he was discharged on 4 L/min oxygen. After discharge, his symptoms and hypoxia resolved.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 28-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, chest pain, and scant hemoptysis. Three weeks previously, he was admitted for coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia that had been diagnosed by nasal swab polymerase chain reaction. Chest CT imaging demonstrated bilateral ground-glass opacities without evidence of VTE. He was treated with hydroxychloroquine, up to 7 L/min oxygen, and self-proning. After 8 days of hospitalization, he was discharged on 4 L/min oxygen. After discharge, his symptoms and hypoxia resolved.