Median Nerve Mononeuropathy and Meralgia Paresthetica After Prone Positioning in a Patient with COVID-19 ARDS: A Case Report.
JBJS Case Connect
; 11(3)2021 09 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1430596
ABSTRACT
CASE Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, prone positioning has decreased mortality in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. We present the unique case of a patient who developed left median nerve mononeuropathy and bilateral meralgia paresthetica after prone positioning while afflicted with COVID-19. These nerve injuries have been rarely reported in the literature and never before in the same patient. CONCLUSION:
Our case highlights the importance of increased care when positioning patients prone by padding bony prominences, evenly distributing pressure across known sites of peripheral nerve entrapment, and giving consideration to prone-positioning time intervals when caring for intubated patients.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Femoral Neuropathy
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Median Neuropathy
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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