Gurgaon: a 47-year-old woman who spent more than three months in the hospital with a severe post-covid complication which caused the air leaked from its lungs treated with ‘special beef surfactants’ – lipid cocktails and proteins – who were resessed by him, said doctor.
Most are used in babies of thugs suffering from respiratory disorders, therapy is given to Covid-19 patients who suffer from severe acute respiratory disorder syndrome (ARD) for the first time, experts in hospitals who treat the woman, a resident of East Delhi.
In this therapy, fluid from bovine lung tissue – pulmonary surfactants – managed to the lungs through the trachea.
It helps reduce air leaks by not allowing alveoli (small air bags in the lungs that function as respiratory units) collapse during breathing.
The patient was dismissed on August 20 but still on the support of oxygen at home.
His condition was being monitored carefully by the doctor through video calls.
Of the 97 days he spent at Artemis Hospital, 29 days on the support of the Extracorporeal Oxygenation Membrane (ECMO).
According to Dr.
Dr.
Shivanshu Raj Goyal, consultants (respiratory drugs / pulmonology and sleep) in Artemis, lung surfactants are present in humans but are denatured or destroyed because of the novel coronavirus infection.
The woman was accepted in the ICU Artemis on May 15 after she was transferred from the hospital in Delhi.
According to the doctor, the air was found leaked from his lungs, stuck in the chest, around the heart, and under the skin tissue.
“The oxygen level continues to decline and he must wear ventilator support.
However, even after three weeks in the ventilator, there are no signs of improvement.
The patient develops pneumo-mediastinum with subcutaneous emphysema, one of the most deadly complications of Covid-19 which involves air presence The abnormally in the middle of the chest between the lungs, around the heart and in the skin tissue, due to leakage from the lungs, because of leakage from the lungs, due to leaks “said Dr.
Goyal.
Opportunities for Covid-19 patients survival in mechanical ventilation, the lubbing lubborn, is next to zero, according to the doctor.
“But we don’t lose hope and with the basic idea that the body part requires a break to get the opportunity to heal itself, we make a brave decision.
We decided to go through the patient’s lung by placing it at ECMO, which is similar to a heart-pulm bypass machine – The lung is used in open heart operation, “he explained.
ECMO pumps and oxenate the blood of patients from outside the body and allow the heart and lungs to rest.
This is usually considered the last treatment line used for critical patients when all other treatments fail.
There are several challenges – risk of bleeding, infection prevention, and persistent air leakage from the lungs – faced by a doctor in conducting an intratraceal process.
“It is clear that some out-of-the-box thinking is highly asked to save the patient’s life,” Dr.
Aseens Srivastava, the head of the child’s heart surgery in Artemis.
Dr.
Goyal, who continues to monitor the patient’s condition, say doctors come into contact with their families.