Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Introduction: Recent evidence has shown that a key feature of severe COVID -19 is that it may predispose to both venous and arterial thromboembolic diseases leading to adverse outcomes.Case Presentation: We report a case of an elderly lady who presented with acute abdomen and diagnosed to have acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI).She was tested positive for COVID -19 and underwent surgical intervention but could not survive her post-operative course.Conclusion: There remains much interest, and an urgent clinical need, to precisely delineate the mechanisms by which SARS CoV-2 infection causes thrombotic complications in the hope that new insights into this process will yield novel therapeutic approaches where early diagnosis and prompt effective treatment could have improved the clinical outcome.
Source: Open Access Journal of Surgery
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4399831786