Delayed Diagnosis of Postintubation Tracheal Stenosis due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Case Report

Autor: Vinay Pathak, Darshana Kirtikumar Rathod, HariPrasad Ramalingam, Ankur Sharma, Balakrishnan Narayanan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: A&a Practice
ISSN: 2575-3126
Popis: Tracheal stenosis is an uncommon but severe problem after long-term intubation. Here, we report a patient who came from a containment zone of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and presented with complaints of breathlessness and cough. She was suspected to have an infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Later, she developed type 2 respiratory failure and carbon dioxide narcosis because of delay in diagnosis of severe, near-complete postintubation tracheal stenosis due to over suspicion of COVID-19 during the current pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE