Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection and "in situ split" Liver Resection with Fatal Outcome - A Case Report
We report the perioperative course of a 47-year-old patient who underwent a two-stage liver resection for bilobar metastatic colorectal carcinoma. The respiratory asymptomatic patient was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR detection one day before the second surgical procedure. Postoperatively, the patient suffered cardiovascular arrest on postoperative day 8 and died despite immediately initiated resuscitative measures. With an initial clinical suspicion of vascular liver failure, postmortem pathologic examination revealed the underlying cause of death to be COVID-19-related myocarditis with acute right heart failure. Individual multidisciplinary risk assessment should be considered very critically when deviating from the "7-week rule" because the benefit is difficult to objectify, even in oncologic patients.PMID:38056445 | DOI:10.1055/a-2141-4052
Source: Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Sarah-Helene M üller Philipp Anton Holzner Torsten Loop Source Type: research
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