Successful anaesthetic management of a COVID-positive patient with multiple comorbidities: regional anaesthesia to the rescue | ||
| Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2021 PDF (379.68 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.1186/s42077-021-00176-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shweta Aghi; Srinivasan Muthuswamy; Nidhi Bhatia; Kamal Kajal; Anjishnujit Bandyopadhyay* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The perioperative anaesthetic management of a case of COVID-19 pneumonia with multiple systemic comorbidities, posted for unilateral below knee amputation and debridement of hand, poses a uniquely challenging scenario for the anaesthesiologist. We hereby report such a case which was managed successfully using ultrasound-guided popliteal and wrist block along with perioperative use of high flow nasal cannula, incentive spirometry and awake proning. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Popliteal nerve block; Wrist block; Regional anaesthesia; COVID-19 pneumonia | ||
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