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COVID-19 Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis (Necrotizing) Leading to Multi-Organ Failure
Pulmonology · 2025-10-21 12:57:40

● Case Overview:
➣ Patient Profile: 78-year-old female patient taking several cardiovascular drugs, such as statins and antiplatelets, for ischaemic heart disease and hypertension.
➣ Duration/Complaints presented: nausea, vomiting, chills without a temperature, and excruciating epigastric pain that radiates to the back (worst while supine).

● Clinical Examination Results:
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COVID-19 Presenting as Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis
Pulmonology · 2025-10-21 10:22:52

● Case Summary:
➣ Patient Profile: A 65-year-old man who had CABG 15 years ago and had ischaemic heart disease and hypertension.
➣ Duration/Complaints presented: Intermittent chills without temperature, two episodes of non-bilious vomiting, and abrupt onset of severe epigastric pain extending to the right upper quadrant.

● Clinical Examination:
➣ Haemodynamically stable (HR 90 bp

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