Successful anaesthetic management of a COVID-positive patient with multiple comorbidities: regional anaesthesia to the rescue

oleh: Shweta Aghi, Srinivasan Muthuswamy, Nidhi Bhatia, Kamal Kajal, Anjishnujit Bandyopadhyay

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: SpringerOpen 2021-09-01

Deskripsi

Abstract The perioperative anaesthetic management of a case of COVID-19 pneumonia with multiple systemic comorbidities, posted for unilateral below knee amputation and debridement of hand, poses a uniquely challenging scenario for the anaesthesiologist. We hereby report such a case which was managed successfully using ultrasound-guided popliteal and wrist block along with perioperative use of high flow nasal cannula, incentive spirometry and awake proning.