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Infant With Acute Respiratory Distress.

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[Ann Emerg Med. 2017;69:166.] An 11-month-old female infant presented to the emergency department after referral from her pediatrician’s office for acute respiratory distress for the past 5 hours. On arrival,… Click to show full abstract

[Ann Emerg Med. 2017;69:166.] An 11-month-old female infant presented to the emergency department after referral from her pediatrician’s office for acute respiratory distress for the past 5 hours. On arrival, the child appeared lethargic and in moderate respiratory distress. Physical examination demonstrated tachypnea with decreased breath sounds on the left and a room air pulse oximetry measurement of 85%. A 2-view chest radiograph showed marked displacement of the mediastinum to the right (Figures 1 and 2).

Keywords: respiratory; acute respiratory; respiratory distress; infant acute

Journal Title: Annals of emergency medicine
Year Published: 2017

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