Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: COVID-19, COVID-19 pneumonia, Carbon dioxide normal, Chest X-ray abnormal, Chills
Clinical narrative: This is a 70 year old female with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (anticoagualted on Eliquis), obstructive sleep apnea (uses CPAP), mitral valve regurgitation, remote tobacco use, hypertension and dyslipidemia who presents to the ED for worsening dyspnea, cough, subjective fever, chills and body aches that have been ongoing for the past several days. The patient indicates that her dyspnea is exacerbated with exertion but she denies chest pain, pleuritic chest pain, leg swelling or calf pain. She mentions that she has received both of her COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer); the first immunization was on 02/25 followed by her second immunization which took place eight days ago on 03/18. She is not confident that she has had any contact with a known sick or definitive COVID-positive individual recently. Of note, the last documented incidence of testing for COVID-19 was performed on 10/31/2020 after the patient was seen at a Clinic after a exposure for a COVID-positive individual. Testing at that time had resulted negative. To her knowledge, she states that she had, in fact, tested positive for COVID-19 in late fall of 2020, but she was not hospitalized. Yesterday (3/26/2021), she was evaluated at a Pharmacy where she was testing for COVID-19 which has since resulted positive. The patient denies any other acute symptoms of illness. In the ED, the patient was found to have acute respiratory failure with hypoxemia and pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.  Review of Systems  Constitutional: Positive for chills, fatigue and fever. Negative for activity change.  Respiratory: Positive for cough and shortness of breath.   Cardiovascular: Negative for chest pain and leg swelling.  Gastrointestinal: Negative for abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.  Genitourinary: Negative for dysuria.  Musculoskeletal: Positive for arthralgias and myalgias. Negative for gait problem.  Neurological: Negative for syncope.  All other systems reviewed and are negative.  Vitals Blood pressure 159/79, pulse 65, temperature 36.4 °C (97.5 °F), temperature source Oral, resp. rate 18, height 1.6 m (5' 3"), weight 107 kg, SpO2 98 %.   Physical Exam Vitals reviewed.  Constitutional:      General: She is awake. She is not in acute distress.    Appearance: Normal appearance. She is well-developed. She is morbidly obese. She is ill-appearing. She is not toxic-appearing.     Interventions: Nasal cannula in place.  HENT:     Head: Normocephalic and atraumatic.     Nose: Congestion present.     Mouth/Throat:     Mouth: Mucous membranes are dry.     Pharynx: Oropharynx is clear.  Cardiovascular:     Rate and Rhythm: Normal rate and regular rhythm.     Pulses: Normal pulses.     Heart sounds: Normal heart sounds.  Pulmonary:     Effort: Pulmonary effort is normal.     Breath sounds: Decreased breath sounds present.     Comments: Diminished breath sounds in all lung fields. Occasional cough. Abdominal:     General: Bowel sounds are normal. There is no distension.     Palpations: Abdomen is soft.     Tenderness: There is no abdominal tenderness.  Musculoskeletal:        General: Normal range of motion.     Cervical back: Normal range of motion and neck supple.  Skin:    General: Skin is warm and dry.  Neurological:     General: No focal deficit present.     Mental Status: She is alert and oriented to person, place, and time.  Psychiatric:        Behavior: Behavior is cooperative.