id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-339670-lq46nj8j Takahashi, Nozomi Clinical course of a critically ill patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 2020-06-16 .txt text/plain 1746 98 43 Although several studies have reported on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), clinical course of the most severe cases requiring treatment in ICU have been insufficiently reported. A 73-year-old man traveling on a cruise ship with history of hypertension and dyslipidemia developed high fever, dyspnea and cough after 7 days of steroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in sputa polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination. The sustained excessive inflammatory cytokines in the present case might have led to the exacerbation of the disease, requiring vigorous organ support therapies to allow for survival and recovery from the rapid progression of multiple organ dysfunctions and severe respiratory failure. (SARS-CoV-2), who developed multiple organ dysfunctions, treated with artificial organ supports including mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). ./cache/cord-339670-lq46nj8j.txt ./txt/cord-339670-lq46nj8j.txt