An 84-Year-Old Physician With Progressive Dyspnea and Bilateral Upper Lobe Opacities
An 84-year-old physician was seen in the pulmonary clinic with 10 days of progressive exertional dyspnea, night sweats, and dry cough. For the past 5 months, he had been taking ibuprofen for lumbar radiculopathy from spinal stenosis. Ten days earlier, ibuprofen was switched to naproxen 250 mg twice...
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| Published in: | Chest Vol. 159; no. 5; pp. e325 - e329 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
01-05-2021
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| Summary: | An 84-year-old physician was seen in the pulmonary clinic with 10 days of progressive exertional dyspnea, night sweats, and dry cough. For the past 5 months, he had been taking ibuprofen for lumbar radiculopathy from spinal stenosis. Ten days earlier, ibuprofen was switched to naproxen 250 mg twice daily because of its longer half-life. He denied fever, weight loss, rash, dysphagia, proximal muscle weakness, wheeze, sinus congestion, and peripheral numbness/tingling. Medical history included paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and OSA. Long-term medications included aspirin, flecainide, atorvastatin, amlodipine, levothyroxine, and candesartan. He was a lifelong nonsmoker. There was no history of recent travel. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 1931-3543 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.035 |