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Endotracheal Tube Fastening Device-Related Facial Pressure Ulcers

Author(s) -

Vaibhav Rastogi,

A. Joseph Layon

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

cureus

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2168-8184

DOI - 10.7759/cureus.16796

Subject(s) - medicine , ards , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , intubation , acute respiratory distress , endotracheal intubation , ventilation (architecture) , intensive care medicine , endotracheal tube , covid-19 , anesthesia , disease , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mechanical engineering , engineering

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can be present in a substantial number of hospitalized Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) disease patients. Some of these patients progress to severe ARDS and require mechanical ventilation. Patients requiring mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) admission are at an increased risk of developing pressure ulcers from multiple medical devices used in their care. In this report, we describe a case of facial pressure ulcers in a 59-year-old COVID19 positive female with ARDS requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.

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