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Severe Hypoxaemia and Haemodynamic Instability Following Salt Tablet Broncho-Aspiration: In-Hospital Mimicking of
Ermes Lupieri1, Enrico Patrese1, Alessandro Felice Chiesa1
1Intensive Care Unit, Department of Intensive Care Medicine - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Abstract:
A 70-year-old woman, hospitalised for asymptomatic hyponatraemia secondary to syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), required emergency intubation due to severe acute respiratory failure and haemodynamic instability following broncho-aspiration of a salt tablet. We hypothesise that a pathophysiological mechanism resembling saltwater drowning may have contributed to the clinical presentation.
Learning Points:
Salt tablet broncho-aspiration could be associated with severe hypoxaemia and haemodynamic instability.The pathophysiology of salt tablet broncho-aspiration may mimic drowning in saltwater.
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