COVID 19: A Stressor for Both the Patient and the Anesthesiologist.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019  pandemic has created not only  widespread  morbidity and mortality, but a myriad of social, financial, and psychological stressors. In this setting, the medical community has seen a substantial increase in the incidences  of cardiac morbidity and mortality, and, therefore,  anesthesiologists should expect a higher incidence in the perioperative period. In this E-Challenge, the authors present a patient in whom an acute cardiac decompensation occurred secondary to an unanticipated difficult intubation, with an unexpected echocardiographic finding.

SUBMITTER: Feldheim TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875713 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature