Patient Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus with a History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Experiencing Oxygen Desaturation During Dental Treatment

Temitope T Omolehinwa; Osamudiamen Idahosa; Chizobam Idahosa

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.027

Patient Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus with a History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Experiencing Oxygen Desaturation During Dental Treatment

Dent Clin North Am. 2023 Jul;67(3):491-493. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.027. Epub 2023 Mar 25.

Authors

Temitope T Omolehinwa¹, Osamudiamen Idahosa², Chizobam Idahosa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral Medicine, Penn Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Room 212 Schattner Building, 240 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: omote@upenn.edu.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
³ Department of Oral Medicine, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

PMID: 37244723
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.027

Abstract

A 60-year-old male patient living with HIV, with a medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and persistent cough, presents to the dental clinic with rampant caries and multiple missing teeth. He had an average oxygen saturation of 84% observed while taking his vital signs. The authors discuss the management of this patient during routine dental treatment.

Keywords: COPD; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Dental Care
HIV
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oxygen*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / complications
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / diagnosis

Substances

Oxygen

Grants and funding

R01 DE029648/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States