Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Infect Public Health. 2021 May;14(5):647-650. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.009. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19.
我们报告了一例 45 岁 COVID-19 女性患者,因一过性意识丧失就诊于急诊科,后发现存在巨大肺栓塞和急性脑卒中。据我们所知,这是首例需要引起重视的 COVID-19 如此灾难性表现的病例。