My patient chose to not use daily azithromycin to prevent exacerbation of COPD
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A patient with acute exacerbation of COPD who did not respond to conventional treatment.
The patient was treated with antibiotics, oral prednisolone, and bronchodilators. He improved only with regard to his purulent cough. After 1 week of treatment, he continued to experience episodic nocturnal breathlessness. Clinical examination showed a respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute, a pulse rate of 88 beats per minute, BP of 90/60 mm Hg, and temperature, 36.8°C. Examination of the l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Research In Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2379-4550
DOI: 10.22237/crp/1536883380