Macroglossia secondary to prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19 respiratory failure

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed acute macroglossia following prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19. We found that Biotene mixed in glycerin was effective at removing keratinised lingual plaques and better tolerated than Biotene alone. Additionally, uniform to...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Soorya, Abdul, Temilola, Ho, Sampson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8264577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244224