COVID-19 with Rapid Progression to Hypoxemia Likely due to Imbalance between Ventilation and Blood Flow: A Case Report.

Nobuyuki KoriyamaAkihiro MoriuchiKensaku HigashiTetsuro KataokaTakuro ArimizuGo TakaguchiHideki MatsuokaMaki Otsuka

Published in: Clinical medicine insights. Circulatory, respiratory and pulmonary medicine (2022)

In COVID-19 patients with multiple comorbidities who have hypoxemia and coagulation abnormalities that are disproportionate to the severity of pneumonia on CT, it is important to commence antiviral and anticoagulant therapy as soon as possible, followed by use of a low dose of Dex.

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