A Case Reflecting the Impact of a Deferred Transesophageal Echocardiogram on a COVID-19 Disease Patient

COVID-19 has been amongst us for over two years and has seen a strong response from the international health community regarding mobilization. There has also been the advancement of vaccine science-regulations surrounding the day-to-day decisions regarding patients who tested positive for the virus....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Seffah, Kofi, Agyeman, Walter Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36712750
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33007
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Sumario:COVID-19 has been amongst us for over two years and has seen a strong response from the international health community regarding mobilization. There has also been the advancement of vaccine science-regulations surrounding the day-to-day decisions regarding patients who tested positive for the virus. Guidelines for treatment continue to vary. While this may benefit most patients, more objective metrics in deciding elective, urgent, and emergent procedures have been proposed. In this paper, a patient who tested positive for the virus was refused a procedure ( transesophageal echo ) based on COVID status, which may have contributed to a delay in treatment and detrimental outcomes.

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