The First Death in Japan Attributed to COVID-19: A Brief Report.
acute respiratory distress syndrome [ards]
covid-19
covid-19 pneumonia
negative pressure chamber
nosocomial infection
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
accepted:
25
12
2021
entrez:
2
2
2022
pubmed:
3
2
2022
medline:
3
2
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Our hospital encountered the first coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pneumonia death in Japan. Moreover, we prevented nosocomial infection by taking appropriate infection control measures, without a negative pressure chamber. The patient was an 82-year-old woman who had no history of traveling to Wuhan or any direct contact with individuals who had been to Wuhan. Our patient had a seven-day history of fatigue, sudden fever, and hypoxemia. Chest computerized tomography images revealed peripheral ground-glass opacities in her lungs. A diagnostic COVID-19 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The patient did not respond to any treatment and died 13 days after admission. The possibility of COVID-19 in a patient must always be considered, especially in the current scenario, to prevent nosocomial infection from spreading.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35106252
doi: 10.7759/cureus.20721
pmc: PMC8790006
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e20721Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Nagayama et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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