A man in his 40s with a history of hypertension and alcohol dependency presenting to the ED with respiratory distress: septic shock in the setting of ARDS

Chest. 2014 Feb;145(2):e3-e6. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2089.

Authors

Ariel L Shiloh¹, Massoud G Kazzi², Roshen Mathew², Lewis A Eisen², Anthony J Carlese²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jay B. Langner Critical Care Service, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Electronic address: ashiloh@montefiore.org.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jay B. Langner Critical Care Service, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

PMID: 24493554
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2089

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Alcoholism / complications*
Electrocardiography
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Male
Middle Aged
Point-of-Care Systems
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
Shock, Septic / diagnostic imaging*
Shock, Septic / etiology
Shock, Septic / therapy
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Interventional