PMC5568882_01
CT thorax.
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CT thorax with contrast ruled out pulmonary emboli, however significant new ground glass opacities were noted throughout the lung fields along with pneumo-mediastinum (Fig. 1).
CXR, Before and after furosemide trial.
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He was diagnosed with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and did not show any improvement in the ground glass opacities after 24 hours of furosemide challenge (Fig. 2), in the setting of mildly elevated pro-BNP from baseline and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with a normal ejection fraction of 60%.
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