<span itemprop="author">Bhavna Sharma, MD

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How the words, “I can’t breathe,” affect this pulmonary physician

As I held the shaky, sweaty hand of my 52-year-old African American patient, lying in her ICU bed, trembling with fear, tears rolling down her eyes, she gathered enough strength to utter “I can’t breathe.” Her words felt like a punch in my gut, eliciti…