CLINICAL CASE - KARINA ARRIETA

Female patient 32 years old sent to the emergency department.

Presents: Fever and wheezing of acute onset.

Respiratory distress: decreased vesicular murmur in left hemithorax, elongated expiration.

Prescription: oseltamivir is administered for 5 days and the patient progresses favorably.

Warnings: Patients with underlying respiratory disease, such as asthma or other chronic lung diseases cannot take this drug. 

Side effects: The patient may present; diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain, headache and vomiting. 

At the end of the treatment, the patient should not present fever, wheezing, her vesicular murmur should be completely normal.