Influenza: Case Study #2

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What are Mrs. Hogan's risk factors that make her case different from that of her sister?

D) She has an IVSD.

Correct. Please choose another answer.

Yes. An IVSD increases the pulmonary pressure and as such will increase extravasation of plasma into the alveoli if the alveolar epithelium is damaged by the viral infection. The patient can drown in her own plasma.

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