Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report

Catatonic patients may develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) due to prolonged periods of immobility. These life-threatening conditions demand prompt recognition and management. We describe the case of a patient with catatonia who presented to anesthesia for electroconvulsive...

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Autores principales: Naik, B. Naveen, Singh, Nidhi, Aditya, Ashish S., Gupta, Aakriti, Prabhakar, Nidhi, Grover, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33766683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjane.2021.02.031
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author Naik, B. Naveen
Singh, Nidhi
Aditya, Ashish S.
Gupta, Aakriti
Prabhakar, Nidhi
Grover, Sandeep
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description Catatonic patients may develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) due to prolonged periods of immobility. These life-threatening conditions demand prompt recognition and management. We describe the case of a patient with catatonia who presented to anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at the outset of the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. She complained of breathing difficulty and was suspected to have COVID-19 infection. On further evaluation, she was found to have DVT and PE and required oxygen therapy and intensive care management. The diagnostic delay in our patient would have probably not occurred, had it not been for the existing pandemic situation.
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spelling pubmed-79834582021-03-23 Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report Naik, B. Naveen Singh, Nidhi Aditya, Ashish S. Gupta, Aakriti Prabhakar, Nidhi Grover, Sandeep Braz J Anesthesiol Case Reports Catatonic patients may develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) due to prolonged periods of immobility. These life-threatening conditions demand prompt recognition and management. We describe the case of a patient with catatonia who presented to anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at the outset of the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. She complained of breathing difficulty and was suspected to have COVID-19 infection. On further evaluation, she was found to have DVT and PE and required oxygen therapy and intensive care management. The diagnostic delay in our patient would have probably not occurred, had it not been for the existing pandemic situation. Elsevier 2021-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7983458/ /pubmed/33766683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjane.2021.02.031 Text en © 2021 Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Naik, B. Naveen
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Aditya, Ashish S.
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Prabhakar, Nidhi
Grover, Sandeep
Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title_full Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title_fullStr Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title_short Pulmonary embolism confounded with COVID-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ECT: a case report
title_sort pulmonary embolism confounded with covid-19 suspicion in a catatonic patient presenting to anesthesia for ect: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33766683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjane.2021.02.031
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