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Portable Chest X-ray: Focal zone of linear opacities projecting over the right upper lung zone favored to represent branching vessels over atelectasis/infiltrate.
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PO BID x 2 doses followed by Hydroxychloroquine 200 mg PO BID. Lab work trend is as shown: Ferritin: 531-489-443 ng/mL (reference range 22.0 - 322.0 ng/mL), CRP: 35.1-26.3-16.4-14.9 mg/dL(reference range <0.30 mg/dL). Procalcitonin 5.23-4.4-1.83-0.83 ng/mL (reference range <0.5 ng/mL). Patient continued with supplemental oxygen on Venturi Mask at a FIO 50% with a stable O2 sat, follow up chest x-ray (Fig. 5) showed worsening bilateral infiltrates but clinically, the patient continued to improve.