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Two cases of Munchausen's syndrome presenting as acute respiratory distress |
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| Authors: | Hirshberg A J Wuerz R C |
| Affiliation: | a PennState Geisinger Health System, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Abstract: | We present two cases of factitious disorder that presented as acute respiratory distress. The presentation was extreme to the point that the patients were intubated. Both patients were employed in an ancillary health care profession. |
| Keywords: | Munchausen’s syndrome dyspnea factitious disorder respiratory distress intubation |
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