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Case 4
The fourth case is a 68 years old man, a former smoker with comorbidities such as
Ischaemic Heart Disease on pacemaker and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. He was in ICU for two months, intubated with tracheostomy. He received
a number of treatments: Kaletra, Hydroxychloroquine, SC interferon and IV
dexamethasone. At the fourth or fifth week of illness, he was given IV
methylprednisolone only one dose because he was then complicated with upper GI
bleed and sepsis. He was treated with courses of antibiotics. They managed to
wean him off from the ventilator and he was on a tracheostomy mask upon transfer
to the ward for rehabilitation. However, after staying a day or two, he was well
under room air and now he is actually mobilizing on a wheelchair after two months
being in ICU. He had CT thorax at fourth week of illness and a repeated CT thorax
recently, six weeks later.
