Acroischemia in a Patient with Tracheostomy in COVID-19: A Case Report
Bhagyashree Sagane *
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India.
Shivakumar Divity
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India.
Yogesh G. Dabholkar
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
As a part of global health care system we are now facing an unprecedented increase in the number of COVID positive patients. While the SARS-CoV2 continues to expand its reach, newer information gets reported every day. The phenomenon of acro-ischemia in patients testing positive for SARS-CoV2 has started gathering attention within the medical community. Also, with increased need for tracheostomy HCWs (health care workers) are constantly at a high risk of aerosol exposure. We report a case of a critically ill, late detected, COVID positive male, with dermatological signs who landed in a tracheostomy. We aim to highlight the importance of high index of suspicion and early detection that would make a significant difference.
Keywords: ACE 2: acro-ischemia, coronavirus, COVID-19, otolaryngologist, pandemic, tracheostomy, SARS-CoV2