A 63-year-old male with hypercapnic respiratory failure and haemoptysis
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A 63-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department with cough, purulent sputum, dyspnoea, fatigue, haematemesis and melaena. The patient immediately underwent gastroscopy, and endoscopic sclerotherapy was performed on an actively bleeding duodenal ulcer. The patient had a 60-pack-year smoking history, but had ceased smoking 3 years previously. Three years before admission, he was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and had been prescribed medical therapy. Severe respiratory distress developed after sclerotherapy, with dyspnoea, cyanosis, diaphoresis and agitation.
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