Abstract
3/2023
vol. 25
Review paper
Complications COVID-19 diagnosis – case report and of the literature review
- Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Emergency Department, St. Luke’s Specialist Hospital, Konskie, Poland
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 349–352
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
The authors present a case report of an 11-month-old boy who underwent a swab collection for SARS-CoV-2 virus. During the procedure the end of tip got broken, and the cotton part was found in the child’s stomach and extracted endoscopically. To date, no similar cases involving children have been found in literature. The authors also reviewed literature for other complications during diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.
Keywords
COVID-19, complications, case reports, review
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