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Presentation of Case

A 51-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with respiratory failure.

He was known to have had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease since the age of 46 years, and he had a history of long-standing alcohol abuse. At 36 years of age, he had received the diagnoses of intermittent explosive disorder, ethanol intoxication, and depression with paranoid features.

He had had low-grade fever and worsening dyspnea for three days before admission and was transferred from another hospital with respiratory failure. A specimen of arterial blood showed that the partial pressure of oxygen was 67 mm Hg, the partial pressure of carbon . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr.'s Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

Addendum

References

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