COVID patient with 100 percent lung involvement treated at Kauvery Hospital
The patient aged 35, a resident of Nellore, was diagnosed with critical COVID illness, with CT Scan showing a score of 25/25that implied hundred percent lung involvement.;
Chennai: Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, one of the leading healthcare chains in Tamil Nadu, today announced the successful treatment of a COVID patient with severe infection and 100 percent lung involvement.
The patient aged 35, a resident of Nellore, was diagnosed with critical COVID illness, with CT Scan showing a score of 25/25that implied hundred percent lung involvement.
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Commenting on the success of the treatment, Dr N Sridhar,Consultant Intensivist & Head - Critical Care, Kauvery Hospital Chennai said "The patient arrived in a critical state. He was immediately ventilated in the prone position, and had an early tracheostomy (an incision was made in the front of his neck, and a tube was connected into the wind pipein order to help him breathe), in the first week itself.
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