Christopher Conlon, MD, is Resident Physician, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Cedar Slovacek, BA, is Medical Student, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. In the Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Faryan Jalalabadi, MD, is Resident Physician; Sebastian Winocour, MD, MSc, FACS, is Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate Program Director; and Olushola Olorunnipa, MD, FACS, is Assistant Professor of Surgery. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted August 5, 2020; accepted in revised form October 28, 2020; published online ahead of print April 23, 2021.
Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021 Aug 1;34(8):1-3. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000749796.16178.7b.
Prone positioning is recognized for its efficacy in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19. Here the authors present a case of a facial pressure injury and buried dentition that occurred as a result of prolonged prone positioning in a patient who was COVID-19 positive. The patient was treated with primary closure of the injury and pressure offloading.
俯卧位通气在治疗与 COVID-19 相关的急性呼吸窘迫综合征方面已被证实有效。本文作者报告了 1 例 COVID-19 阳性患者因长时间俯卧位通气而导致的面部压疮和埋藏牙的病例。该患者采用伤口一期缝合和减压治疗。