Open AccessAcute subdural empyema in the young COVID-19 patient- A case report
Author(s) -
Kaisar Haroon,
Md Arif Reza,
Tania Taher,
Md. Shafiul Alam,
Rakib Ul Haque,
Md. Farhad Ahmed,
Sk Sader Hossain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-7915
pISSN - 2411-6637
DOI - 10.3329/bjns.v10i2.53776
Subject(s) - subdural empyema , medicine , empyema , neurosurgery , covid-19 , surgery , general surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Acute subdural empyema is a surgical emergency. It is life threatening for the patient. It has to be evacuated as soon it is diagnosed. But subdural empyema in a COVID 19 patient is uncommon. Its management put the surgical team to a new dilemma. On one side the patient’s life was at risk and on the other side the whole surgical team might get infected.In this case report, we describe such a case which saved the patient’s life at same time many doctors, nurses and OT attendants became infected.
Abbrevaitions: OPD- Out patient department, COVID 19-Corona Virus Disease 2019, NINS- National Institute of Neurosciences, RT-PCR- Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. SDE- Subdural empyema, PNS- para nasal sinuses
Bang. J Neurosurgery 2021; 10(2): 206-209