Macroglossia secondary to prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19 respiratory failure

Soorya Sharma; Temilola Abdul; Sampson Ho

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-244224

Macroglossia secondary to prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19 respiratory failure

Soorya Sharma, Temilola Abdul, Sampson Ho

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Abstract

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed acute macroglossia following prolonged prone positioning for management of COVID-19. We found that Biotene mixed in glycerin was effective at removing keratinised lingual plaques and better tolerated than Biotene alone. Additionally, uniform tongue compression applied via tubular elastic dressing yielded more efficacious results than uneven tongue compression via Coban.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e244224
Journal	BMJ case reports
Volume	14
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244224
State	Published - Jul 6 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
ear
mouth
nose and throat
rehabilitation medicine
wound care

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General Medicine

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