Naslov
Young, healthy and clinically dead: a case of lethal outpatient COVID-19 in an unvaccinated patient

Autori
Delalić, Điđi ; Prkačin, Ingrid

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
4th OsCon Bok of Abstracts / Pavlović, Vedrana - Osijek : J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Medicine, 2022, 69-69

ISBN
978-953-7736-56-9

Skup
4th International Translational Medicine Congress of Students and Young Physicians (OSCON 2022)

Mjesto i datum
Osijek, Hrvatska, 31.03.2022. - 02.04.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
COVID-19 ; Vaccination ; Vaccination Hesitancy

Sažetak
Introduction: Being young and healthy is often used as an argument against receiving vaccinations against COVID-19 nowadays, with clinical data supporting the notion that the groups most at risk are elderly patients, and those with preexisting chronic conditions. This case report demonstrates that there are exceptions to the rules. Case presentation: A 38 year old patient was brought to the ER by the EMS without a name or any data in the process of cardiopulmonary reanimation. He was found unconscious in the street, the EMS started CPR, placed a supraglottic airway device (I-gel), the patient was defibrillated and a pulse was established. In the ER, the patient was admitted in an uncontactable, pulseless state, with stiff musculature, unreactive pupils, cold skin, hypothermic (34 degrees celsius), ventilated through the I-gel. Despite being placed on mechanic ventilation, there was no clinical response and he was pronounced dead. Later, the physicians were informed that the patient was COVID positive 10 days ago and that he had trouble breathing for the last 2 days. He was unvaccinated, without any significant or chronic disease. Conclusion: While being young and healthy reduces one’s chances of suffering a lethal COVID-19 outcome, the chance is still present and, when provided with the tools and methods to protect oneself against a potentially lethal viral infection, even the typical young and healthy patient should make an effort to minimize the probability of infection or an undesirable clinical outcome if the infection does happen.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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