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	Podcast:		NEJM This Week - Audio Summaries
	Episode:		Severe Covid-19
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:25:14
	Publish Date:		2020-05-20 09:30:00
	Description:		A 50-year-old, previously healthy man presents to the ED with 2 days of worsening dyspnea. He had fever, cough, and fatigue during the week before presentation. He appears acutely ill. The body temperature is 39.5°C, heart rate 110 beats per minute, respiratory rate 24 breaths per minute, and blood pressure 130/60 mm Hg. The oxygen saturation is 87% while the patient is breathing ambient air. The white-cell count is 7300 per microliter with lymphopenia. Chest X-ray shows patchy bilateral opacities in the lung parenchyma. An RT–PCR assay detects the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a nasopharyngeal swab. How would you evaluate and manage this case? Full-text recordings of Clinical Practice articles can be found at NEJM.org.
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