A COVID check through a woman’s neck at a UK hospital was performed after the swab broke and entered her lungs, according to a case report.
The 51-year-old woman had recently undergone brain surgery and, as a component of her treatment, had been placed with a tracheostomy tube, a device that is inserted into a hole in the neck and windpipe designed to allow the user to breathe. .
After the operation, the doctor at the University Hospital of Leicester NHS (National Health Service) Trust sent the woman to have COVID-19 screened as a component of the general protocol before sending her back to a nursing home.
Staff should take a swab to detect the tracheostomy tube virus, as the patient was breathing through the gap in her neck and, as a result, could have been potentially inflamed through the tracheostomy.
The report indicates that the patient has become “momentarily unstable” and began breathing more difficultly for a while before temporarily returning to normal.
Subsequently, the workers’ medical body performed a CT scan of his chest, however, initial inspection of the photographs revealed no foreign body symptoms, indicating inflammation in the decreased component of the right lung.
Further investigation of the photographs raised suspicions that there was a foreign object, so doctors performed a procedure known as endoscopy using a long, thin, flexible tube with a camera and a soft finish, known as an endoscope. take a look at the internal organs of the body.
The authors of the case report stated that while this procedure is not unusual and reliable, it is “high risk” in the COVID-19 era due to the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Medical personnel inserted the endoscope into the tracheostomy site and eventually learned that the swab had become stuck in the right lung, and then got rid of an endoscope equipped with a special device designed to remove elements from the body.
The authors stated that this case “highlights the need for transparent guidelines” on how SARS-CoV-2 virus samples are taken from patients who have undergone a tracheostomy or laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx) and have holes in the front of the neck. Breathe.
A spokesman for the NHS Trust at the University of Leicester hospitals told the BBC that “additional security measures” had been put in place following the incident.
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