Abstract
Patients with COVID-19 are typically characterized by severe lung injury with the development of acute respiratory failure. However, in some patients, subjective well-being may remain relatively satisfactory for a long time and, despite severe hypoxemia, they do not complain of shortness of breath. Case report. We observed a 65-year-old man hospitalized with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, low level of blood oxygen saturation, but at the same time without complaints of shortness of breath. Only as the disease progressed with a decrease in oxygen saturation when breathing atmospheric air (SpO2 ) lower than 85% he began to notice a feeling of lack of air. The patient’s condition worsened and as a result, he died in the intensive care unit from multiple organ failure. Discussion. This case clearly illustrates one more feature of the course of pneumonia associated with the novel SARSCoV-2 coronavirus and shows that SpO2 measurement is one of the leading objective criterion that allows a doctor to assess the real severity of a patient’s condition with COVID-19.
Highlights
Patients with COVID-19 are typically characterized by severe lung injury with the development of acute respiratory failure
In some patients, subjective well-being may remain relatively satisfactory for a long time and, despite severe hypoxemia, they do not complain of shortness of breath
We observed a 65-year-old man hospitalized with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, low level of blood oxygen saturation, but at the same time without complaints of shortness of breath
Summary
Для пациентов с COVID-19 характерно тяжелое поражение легких с развитием острой дыхательной недостаточности. Мы наблюдали 65-летнего мужчину, госпитализированного с тяжелой SARS-CoV-2-пневмонией, низкими показателями насыщения крови кислородом, но при этом без жалоб на одышку. Этот случай наглядно иллюстрирует еще одну особенность течения пневмонии, ассоциированной с новым коронавирусом SARS-CoV-2, и показывает, что измерение SpO2 является одним из ведущих объективных критериев, позволяющим врачу оценить реальную тяжесть состояния пациента с COVID-19.
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