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A 30-year-old male patient presented with acute onset of breathlessness, dry cough, fever, myalgia, and malaise for 4 days. On examination, he was found to be febrile and restless, with respiratory rate of 46/min and pulse rate of 124/min. His oxygen saturation was 80% on room air, and chest skiagram showed bilateral parenchymal infiltrate.

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  1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Randeep Guleria & Jaya Kumar

  2. Department of Respiratory, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine,Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

    Rajesh Chawla

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  1. Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

    Rajesh Chawla

  2. A.M.R.I. Hospital Critical Care Department, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Subhash Todi

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Guleria, R., Kumar, J., Chawla, R. (2020). Acute Respiratory Failure. In: Chawla, R., Todi, S. (eds) ICU Protocols. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0898-1_2

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