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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;153(3):e49-e52.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.048.

A Lung Cancer Patient With Respiratory Insufficiency and Hemodynamic Instability

Leon L Chen  1 , Meaghen Finan  2 , Elena Mead  2 , Neil A Halpern  2
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Case Reports

A Lung Cancer Patient With Respiratory Insufficiency and Hemodynamic Instability

Leon L Chen et al. Chest. 2018 Mar.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
CT chest scan revealing progression of disease despite adjuvant chemotherapy and small pericardial effusion approximately 1 month prior to presentation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Chest radiograph of patient on presentation demonstrating worsened diffuse left patchy airspace opacities, along with other chronic lung abnormalities on the right.
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