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ArticleCureus2023

Fatal Asphyxia Potentially Caused by COVID-19-Induced Exacerbation of Pre-existing Tracheal Stenosis.

Masaatsu Kuwahara, Hiroko Otagaki, Hideaki Imanaka

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masaatsu KuwaharaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Takarazuka City Hospital, Takarazuka, JPN.
Hiroko OtagakiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Takarazuka City Hospital, Takarazuka, JPN.
Hideaki ImanakaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Takarazuka City Hospital, Takarazuka, JPN.
Takarazuka City Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of cardiac arrest due to asphyxia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a patient with no history of tracheal intubation but with a history of subglottic stenosis. A 54-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest at home. The patient had tracheal stenosis; therefore, it was difficult to intubate. The patient had COVID-19, which was presumed to have aggravated the existing tracheal stenosis and caused asphyxiation. The patient died seven days later. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of a patient with subglottic stenosis potentially aggravated by COVID-19, resulting in asphyxia-related cardiopulmonary arrest. The patient could not be saved, but emergency physicians should be aware that airway obstruction can be caused by viral infections, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections. Physicians should consider the difficulty in performing oral intubation and cricothyrotomy and be aware of alternative methods to secure the airway.

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asphyxiacovid-19cricothyrotomyintubationtracheal stenosis

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PMID36855489
PMCPMC9968210
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