A 56-Year-Old Man With Progressive Subacute Hypoxemia

Alexander W Steinberg; Fatima Zeba; Athos J Rassias; Prerna Mota

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.042

A 56-Year-Old Man With Progressive Subacute Hypoxemia

Chest. 2023 Dec;164(6):e169-e172. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.042.

Authors

Alexander W Steinberg¹, Fatima Zeba², Athos J Rassias³, Prerna Mota²

Affiliations

¹ Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH. Electronic address: Alexander.w.steinberg@hitchcock.org.
² Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH.
³ Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Department of Anesthesia, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH.

PMID: 38070964
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.042

Abstract

A 56-year-old man with a medical history of diabetes, no prior lung disease, and no tobacco exposure presented with exhaustion and a nonproductive cough 7 days after working in an old farmhouse in Vermont. His friend who worked with him exhibited similar symptoms. He was treated as an outpatient with doxycycline; however, his clinical condition deteriorated and necessitated hospitalization and subsequent intubation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cough
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypoxia / diagnosis
Hypoxia / etiology
Lung Diseases*
Male
Middle Aged