Humidifier Use and Prone Positioning in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia and Endotracheal Tube Impaction Due to Highly Viscous Sputum

COVID-19 can lead to severe pneumonia, requiring mechanical ventilation. While increased sputum secretion could cause airway obstruction during mechanical ventilation, there are few reported cases in the literature. We report a case of a 65-year-old man with diabetes and severe COVID-19 pneumonia re...

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Autores principales: Sugimoto, Ryu, Kenzaka, Tsuneaki, Fujikawa, Moemi, Kawasaki, Satoru, Nishisaki, Hogara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32550095
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8626

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