Open AccessPerioperative anesthetic concerns in postcovid mucormycosis patients posted for surgical intervention: An observational Study
Author(s) -
S. S. Misra,
Shivani Rastogi,
Deepak Malviya,
Rachana Gupta,
Sandeep Yadav,
Sharif Alam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_783_21
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , observational study , mucormycosis , retrospective cohort study , surgery , airway , anesthesia
COVID 19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -2 has proven to be the deadliest pandemic till date. Multiple covid waves have hit people hard on each part of the continent throughout the world. The second wave in India turned out to be highly infectious and virulent. Sudden surge in cases of mucormycosis after recovery of COVID surprised many clinician. Mucormycosis being a rapidly progressive and fulminant fungal infection required surgical debridement of necrotic tissue on emergency basis. The fatal combination of immunocompromised status, multisystemic involvement, and difficult airway in these patients pose numerous new challenges regarding anesthetic management. The present study was conducted to outline major concerns and the anesthetic management of patients undergoing surgical resection for rhinoorbital mucormycosis (ROM).