Extract
A 60-year-old, Malaysian ex-smoker with no known medical illness was referred from a district hospital for severe acute exacerbation of COPD secondary to pneumonia. He had a 40-pack-year history of smoking but had quit smoking for the past 2 years.
Abstract
Repeated noisy breathing may be a tricky feature of lung infection. Recognising classical features in radiographs and CT scans may help in the diagnosis of severe lung infection and the start of life-saving treatment. http://bit.ly/2lQwe5y
Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank the patient for giving his consent to publish his case and the images. Additionally, we thank Lee Jong Koh (Sultan Ismail College, Kota Bharu, Malaysia) for her critical reading and useful comments on this manuscript. We would also like to thank the Director General of Health Malaysia for his permission to publish this article.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: J.A. Lim has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: N. Caruppaiya has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: N. Zainol Abidin has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: B.T. Khor has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: T. Palanivelu has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S.D. Hukam Gopal Chand has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Ibrahim has nothing to disclose.
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