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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sharma, Soorya, Abdul, Temilola, Ho, Sampson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
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
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Sumario: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 tongue compression applied via tubular elastic dressing yielded more efficacious results than uneven tongue compression via Coban.

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