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Chest computed tomography on admission to hospital. Scattered ground-glass opacities immediately below the right pleura and atelectasis in the left lower lung field are evident.
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COVID-19 and experienced severe respiratory failure, with a body temperature of 37.2 C, a heart rate of 103 beats/min, a blood pressure of 134/94 mmHg, and a respiratory rate of 30 breaths/min, with shoulder breathing and an SpO2 of 78% on oxygen inhalation (3.5 L/min). Chest computed tomography revealed scattered ground-glass opacities immediately below the right pleura and atelectasis in the left lower lung field (Figure 1).