Bowel necrosis in patient with severe case of COVID-19: a case report.
BMC Surg
; 21(1): 97, 2021 Feb 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1094031
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In patients who are critically ill with COVID-19, multiple extrapulmonary manifestations of the disease have been observed, including gastrointestinal manifestations. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 65 year old man with severe COVID-19 pneumonia that developed hypercoagulation and peritonitis. Emergent laparotomy was performed and we found bowel necrosis in two sites.CONCLUSIONS:
Although rare, the presentation of COVID-19 with bowel necrosis requires emergency treatments, and it has high mortality rate.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Intestinal Diseases
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Surg
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12893-021-01104-7
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