학술논문
Progressive Dyspnea in a Woman With Tracheal Stenosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*TRACHEAL stenosis
*RHEUMATOID arthritis
*VOCAL cords
*DYSPNEA
*METHOTREXATE
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Language
ISSN
0012-3692
Abstract
An 82-year-old woman with a remote tracheostomy due to vocal cord paralysis and long-standing erosive, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) well controlled with methotrexate sought treatment at the ED with 1 month of dyspnea, chest tightness, and cough productive of blood-tinged sputum. She had been treated unsuccessfully as an outpatient with multiple courses of antibiotics. She did not smoke or drink alcohol and had no recent travel outside the country. Given concern for airway compromise, she was admitted to the hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]