Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the Triage of Emergency Medicine Department in a Patient With COVID-19
| Autor: | Fawaz Altuwaijri, Omar A. AlOtaibi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiology Context (language use) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause post cardiac arrest care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus Internal Medicine medicine Coronavirus Past medical history business.industry General Engineering Sudden cardiac arrest ventricular fibrillation medicine.disease Triage Pneumonia covid-19 Emergency medicine Ventricular fibrillation Emergency Medicine medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | A pneumonia outbreak with an unknown microbial etiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province of China, on December 31, 2019. This was later attributed to a novel coronavirus, currently called as severe acute respiratory system coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mainly affects the respiratory system and can also cause acute or chronic damage to the cardiovascular system. We present a case of a 64-year-old female with past medical history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension who presented to the Emergency Medicine Department with shortness of breath and worsening chest discomfort, then had a ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest while in triage, in the context of COVID-19 diagnosis. Cardiovascular complications during the COVID-19 pandemic should be brought to medical attention; it is crucial that physicians be aware of the complications and treat it as an emergency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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